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parthood

parthood noun: the relational quality of being a part.

Noun

parthood (uncountable)

  1. The relational quality of being a part.
    • For describing changes in parthood relations over time some sort of temporal apparatus needs to be incorporated into the mereology.2008 February 1, Maureen Donnelly, Thomas Bittner, “Summation relations and portions of stuff”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 143, number 2, →DOI, pages 167–185

Origin of parthood

From part + -hood.

Questions about parthood

What does parthood mean?
Parthood means the relational quality of being a part.
What part of speech is parthood?
Parthood is a noun.

Words near parthood in the dictionary

  1. Parthian shot
  2. Parthian shots
  3. Parthians
  4. Parthiv
  5. parthograph
  6. parthood
  7. Parths
  8. Parthyaea
  9. Parthyene
  10. parti
  11. parti pris

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