part to whole relation
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| Noun | 1. |  part to whole relation - the semantic relation that holds between a part and the wholesemantic relation - a relation between meanings component part, part, portion, component, constituent - something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton" |
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