parthood

English

Etymology

part +‎ -hood

Noun

parthood (uncountable)

1. (philosophy) The relational quality of being a part.
   • 2008 February 1, Maureen Donnelly, Thomas Bittner, “Summation relations and portions of stuff”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 143, number 2, →DOI, pages 167–185:

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

See also

• mereology