Has-a

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The relationship between a class and any member of that class in object-oriented computer programming.
  2. 2
    Such a relationship expressed as an ontology component (regardless of whether the OOP paradigm per se is implemented).

Etymology

From has + a.

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