PART TO WHOLE RELATION

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole

Synonyms:

meronymy; part to whole relation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

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

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