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).
- AKA: Holonym.
- Context:
- It is a Lexical Relation.
- It is the Inverse of a Meronymy Relation.
- See: Hyponymy Relation.
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.
- 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,