Holonymy Relation

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A Holonymy Relation is a Word Sense Relation that represents a PartOf Relation between two or more Word Senses (typically Nouns).



References

  • (Wikipedia, 2009) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holonymy
    • Holonymy (in Greek holon = whole and onoma = name) is a semantic relation. Holonymy defines the relationship between a term denoting the whole and a term denoting a part of, or a member of, the whole. That is,
      • 'X' is a holonym of 'Y' if Ys are parts of Xs, or
      • 'X' is a holonym of 'Y' if Ys are members of Xs.
    • For example, 'tree' is a holonym of 'bark', of 'trunk' and of 'limb.'
    • Holonymy is the opposite of meronymy.