mereology


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mereology

(ˌmiːrɪˈɒlədʒɪ)
n
(Logic) the formal study of the logical properties of the relation of part and whole
[C20: via French from Greek meros part + -logy]
ˌmereoˈlogical adj
Translations
mereologie
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Mereology (from the Greek [mu][epsilon][rho][omicron][zeta], "part") is the theory of parthood relations: of the relations of part to whole and the relations, of part to part within a whole [36].
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