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Wiktionary

  1. n. semantics A term that denotes a part of the whole that is denoted by another term.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a word that names a part of a larger whole

Etymologies

  1. mero- + -onym, from Ancient Greek μέρος (meros, "part") + ὄνομα (onoma, "name"). (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “Automatic Thesaurus Generation  Hearst (1992) presents an algorithm that can automatically generate a thesaurus or dictionary:  Learning hyponym, meronym relations and more.”

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  • “Badulescu, and Moldovan (2003) present an algorithm for learning meronym from a corpus.”

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antonyms (1)

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  1. holonym

hypernyms (1)

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  1. word

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  1. language
  1. linguistics
  1. syntax
  1. -nym

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  • kawy Brim and crown are meronyms of hat. Aug 28, 2010

  • mcritz The example in OED is faces being used to describe people. E.g. “I see several familiar faces present.�?

    Meronym—what a wonderful word! Feb 9, 2009

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