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metonymy | undefined |
The use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object.
(countable) A metonym.
{{examples-right, caption=metonymy , examples=*The White House released its official report today. — "The White House" for "The presidential administration"
* The Crown has enacted a new social security policy. — "The Crown" for "The government of the United Kingdom".
* A crowd of fifty heads — where "head" stands for person.
* Put it on the plastic — material (plastic) for object (credit card), width=60%}} Lacking a definition or value.
(mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
As a noun metonymy
is the use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object.As an adjective undefined is
lacking a definition or value.metonymy
English
(wikipedia metonymy)Noun
* The Crown has enacted a new social security policy. — "The Crown" for "The government of the United Kingdom".
* A crowd of fifty heads — where "head" stands for person.
* Put it on the plastic — material (plastic) for object (credit card), width=60%}}
Coordinate terms
* metaphorHypernyms
* trope, figure of speechHyponyms
* synecdoche, synecdochyDerived terms
* metonymous * metonym * metonymicSee also
* ("metonymy" on Wikipedia) * metalepsis *undefined
English
Adjective
(wikipedia undefined) (-)- The result of division by zero is undefined .