part to whole relation

1. 1.

   the semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole

   Synonymsmeronymy

   Broadersemantic relation

   Partspart

Questions about part to whole relation

What does part to whole relation mean?

part to whole relation means "the semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole".

What is another word for part to whole relation?

Close synonyms include meronymy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is part to whole relation a common word?

part to whole relation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.