1. A document that is pertinent, important, or applicable to a particular matter, case, or discussion
The court requested all relevant documents for the trial.
O tribunal solicitou todos os documentos relevantes para o julgamento.
2. In information retrieval and research, a document that is pertinent to a search query or research question
The search engine filtered out irrelevant results and displayed only relevant documents.
O mecanismo de busca filtrou resultados irrelevantes e exibiu apenas documentos relevantes.