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PART TO WHOLE RELATION

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Dictionary entry overview: What does part to whole relation mean?

• PART TO WHOLE RELATION (noun)
The noun PART TO WHOLE RELATION has 1 sense:

1. the semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole

Familiarity information: PART TO WHOLE RELATION used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PART TO WHOLE RELATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

meronymy; part to whole relation

Hypernyms ("part to whole relation" is a kind of...):

semantic relation (a relation between meanings)

Meronyms (parts of "part to whole relation"):

component; component part; part; portion (something determined in relation to something that includes it)

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