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The concept of "part" is not easy to define though it is intimately connected to the concept "whole". For the formal study of the parthood relation, see mereology. In Mathematical logic, mereology is a collection of axiomatic First-order theories dealing with parts and their respective wholes

Part can also mean:

Dictionary

part

-noun

  1. A fraction of a whole; a portion. syn. transl.
  2. A distinct element or component.
  3. A group inside a larger group. syn. transl.
  4. Duty; responsibility.
  5. Share, especially of a profit.
  6. Position or role (especially in a play).
  7. A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
  8. 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
  9. A section of a document.
  10. (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions. syn. transl.
  11. (music) The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.
  12. (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds. syn.

-verb

  1. (intransitive) To leave.
  2. To cut hair with a parting.
  3. (transitive) To divide in two.
  4. (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated.
  5. (transitive, computing) To leave (an IRC channel).

-adjective

  1. Fractional, partial.

-adverb

  1. Partly, partially, fractionally.

-preposition

  1. (often as “part (something), part (something else)”) partially composed of
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