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

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