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Meronymy(from Greek meros, "part"and onoma, "name") is asemantic relationspecic to lin!istics,distinct from te similar meronom#$

% meron#m denotes a constit!ent part of, or

a mem&er of sometin$

http://www.snipview.com/search?q=Greek_languagehttp://www.snipview.com/search?q=Semanticshttp://www.snipview.com/search?q=Linguisticshttp://www.snipview.com/search?q=Meronomyhttp://www.snipview.com/search?q=Meronomyhttp://www.snipview.com/search?q=Linguisticshttp://www.snipview.com/search?q=Semanticshttp://www.snipview.com/search?q=Greek_language

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'e st!d# of meronom# is knon asmereology,

and in lin!istics a meronymis tename ien to a constit!ent part of,te s!&stance of, or a mem&er of

sometin$"*" is a meron#m of "+" if an * is a

part of a +$

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mereologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mereology

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'e classic st!d# of parts and oles,

mereolo#, as tree aioms-te part.of relationis

'ransitie/

0e1eie/

%ntis#mmetric/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mereologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axiomshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relation_(mathematics)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitive_relationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflexive_relationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisymmetric_relationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisymmetric_relationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflexive_relationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitive_relationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relation_(mathematics)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axiomshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mereology

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'e classic st!d# of parts and oles,mereolo#, as tree aioms-te part.of relationis

'ransitie/ "2arts of parts are parts of teole" / if % is part of 3 and 3 is part of 4,ten % is part of 4$

0e1eie/ "5er#tin is part of itself" / % ispart of %$

%ntis#mmetric/ "6otin is a part of its parts"

/ if % is part of 3 and % 78 3 ten 3 is not part

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mereologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axiomshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relation_(mathematics)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitive_relationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflexive_relationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisymmetric_relationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisymmetric_relationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflexive_relationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitive_relationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relation_(mathematics)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axiomshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mereology

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% meronom# or partonom# is a t#pe ofierarc#tat deals it part/olerelationsips,in contrast to a taonom#osecateorisation is &ased on discrete sets$

'ese concept!al str!ct!res are !sed inlin!isticsand comp!ter science, itapplications in &iolo#$

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomy_(general)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguisticshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_sciencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_sciencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguisticshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomy_(general)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchy

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Taxonomy(from %ncient Greek- 9:;?@

) is te scienceof denin ro!ps of&ioloical oranismson te &asis of sared

caracteristics and iin names to tosero!ps$

Aranisms are ro!ped toeter into taa

(sin!lar- taon) and ien a taonomic rankBro!ps of a ien rank can &e areated toform a s!per ro!p of ier rank and t!screate a taonomic ierarc#$

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greekhttp://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%BE%CE%B9%CF%82http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxishttp://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BD%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BD%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-nomyhttp://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-nomyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_methodhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomy_(biology)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sciencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomic_rankhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomic_rankhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sciencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomy_(biology)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_methodhttp://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-nomyhttp://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-nomyhttp://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BD%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BD%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxishttp://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%BE%CE%B9%CF%82http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek

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'aonom# as &een called "teorldCs oldest profession"

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'aonom# as &een called "te orldCsoldest profession",and namin and

classif#in o!r s!rro!ndins as likel# &eentakin place as lon as mankind as &eena&le to comm!nicate$ Dt o!ld ala#s ae&een important to kno te names of

poisono!s and edi&le plants and animals inorder to comm!nicate tis information tooter mem&ers of te famil# or ro!p$

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'e Eedis &otanist 4arol!sFinnae!sisrearded as te fater of taonom#, as edeeloped a s#stem knon asFinnaean classicationfor cateoriation oforanisms and &inomial nomenclat!refornamin oranisms$

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linnaean_classificationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial_nomenclaturehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial_nomenclaturehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linnaean_classificationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus

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'e Eedis &otanist 4arl Finnae!s

(?HIH/?HHJ) !sered in a ne era oftaonom#$ Ke reol!tionied moderntaonom#$

Dn te taonom#of Finnae!s tereare tree kindoms, diidedinto classes, and te#, in t!rn,into orders, families, genera(sin!lar-genus), and species(sin!lar-species), it an additional rank

loer tan species$

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomy_(biology)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomy_(biology)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus

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%s points of reference, recent

denitions of taonom# arepresented &elo-

'eor# and practice of ro!pin indiid!als into species

% eld of science tat encompasses description, identication

'e science of classication, in &iolo# te arranement oforanisms into a classication$

"'e science of classication as applied to liin oranisms,incl!din st!d# of means of formation of species, etc$"

"'e anal#sis of an oranismCs caracteristics for te p!rposeof classication"">E#stematics@ st!dies p#loen# to proide a pattern tat can

&e translated into te classication and names of te moreincl!sie eld of taonom#$"

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Leronomies do not , in eneral,allo transitiit# at loical andlin!istic leels$

'is transitiit# so!ld &e indicated in eacdescription$ Mor eample, te propert# colorassociated to te &od# of a car is !s!all#inerited te ole, i$e te car$

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Leronom# or partonom# (parts oftins) is an important relationsipfor no!ns$

a &od# as a ead, a tr!nk, les andarms$ %nd te parts temseles aeparts, so a le as a ti, a knee , a

sin, and a foot, and a foot as toes,and so on$$

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Dn sort, meronom# is animportant relationsips of no!ns,&!t one ose properties are still

&ein eplored$ 6o!ns inolenot onl# parts- a canar# as a&eak, ins, &!t also is small,

#ello, and f!nctions- a canar#sins, eats, can 1#$ 'o! teseleads &ack to a disc!ssion of

protot#pes$

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'e meronom# relation as itselfsome properties$

models-optionalit# of a part , and

cardinalit# of a part it respect to te ole,e$ a !man as N les, a car as O eels$

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Pinston and 4aQn distin!is R

kinds of meronomies- Component/ integral object- andleSc!p ,

ponolo#Slin!istics$member/set or group- treeSforest,

st!dentSclass$portion/mass- sliceS&read, centimeterS meter$Object / material- %lcoolSine, steelScar$Sub-activity/activity or process-pa#S&!#,

ie eamsSteac$precise place /area- -oasisSdesert ,%lpsS5!rope$