Meronymy

Meronymy issemantic relation. A meronym isname ofconstituent part of,substance of, ormembersomething. Meronymyoppositeholonymy.

So:

X ismeronymY if X ispartY.

X ismeronymY if X issubstanceY.

X ismeronymY if X ismemberY.

• 'Blue' ismeronym'colour'.
• 'Doctor' ismeronym'professional'.
• 'St Paul's Cathedral' ismeronym'ChurchEngland'.

External links

• Academic paper entitled ClassificationMeronymy by MethodsRelational Concept Analysis: http://www.cs.indiana.edu/event/maics96/Proceedings/Priss/priss.html