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noun
The relationship of being a constituent part or member of something; a system of meronyms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, philosophy, sciences, semantics
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Synonyms: partonym
Antonyms: holonymy
noun
the semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: part to whole relation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: semantic relation
History
From mero- + -onymy (from Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”)); compare meronym.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
