Parthood

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The relational quality of being a part. uncountable

    "For describing changes in parthood relations over time some sort of temporal apparatus needs to be incorporated into the mereology."

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"For describing changes in parthood relations over time some sort of temporal apparatus needs to be incorporated into the mereology."

Etymology

From part + -hood.

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