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The '''[[relation composition|relative product]]''' <math>R|S</math> of <math>R</math> and <math>S</math> is the relation <math>\left\{\left(x, z\right) : \exists y\,\left(xRy \wedge ySz\right)\right\}</math>.
 
In ZFC, one proves that these notions all generate or apply to sets via the ZFC axioms of ''Union'', ''Separation'', and ''[[Axiom of power set|Power set]]''. In NFU, it is easy to check that these definitions give rise to stratified formulas.
 
Notice that with our formal definition of a binary relation, the range and codomain of a relation are not distinguished. This could be done by representing a relation <math>R</math> with codomain <math>B</math> as <math>\left(R, B\right)</math>, but our development will not require this.