Definitions
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- noun semantics A
term that denotes a part of the whole that is denoted by another term.
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- noun a word that names a part of a larger whole
Etymologies
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mero- + -onym, from Ancient Greek μέρος (meros, "part") + ὄνομα (onoma, "name").
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Examples
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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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he meronym represents the part and the holonym represents the whole.
The Power of WordNet and How to Use It in Python - XRDS Prachi Kumar 2017
mcritz commented on the word meronym
The example in OED is faces being used to describe people. E.g. “I see several familiar faces present.�?
Meronym—what a wonderful word!
February 10, 2009
kawy commented on the word meronym
Brim and crown are meronyms of hat.
August 28, 2010