Other Definitions meronymy (dict)
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MeronymyMeronymy (from the Greek words meros = part and onoma = name) is a semantic relation. A meronym is the name of a constituent part of, the substance of, or a member of something. Meronymy is the opposite of holonymy. So: - X is a meronym of Y if X is a part of Y.
- X is a meronym of Y if X is a substance of Y.
- X is a meronym of Y if X is a member of Y.
- 'Blue' is a meronym of 'colour'.
- 'Doctor' is a meronym of 'professional'.
- 'St Paul's Cathedral' is a meronym of 'Church of England'.
External links - Academic paper entitled Classification of Meronymy by Methods of Relational Concept Analysis: http://www.cs.indiana.edu/event/maics96/Proceedings/Priss/priss.html
- Online source for English language: http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn
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