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A metonymic term to describe a type of synecdoche in which two parts of a thing, perhaps contrasting or complementary parts, are made to stand for the whole.
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Merisma [1] — Merisma (v. griech.), das Abgetheilte, der Antheil; Merismus, Eintheilung, Theilung … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Merisma — Merisma, griech., Abtheilung. Antheil; Merismus, Eintheilung eines Satzes … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
Miscogasterinae — ? Miscogasterinae Научная классификация Царство: Животные Тип: Членистоногие Класс: Насекомые … Википедия
merism — (n.) 1894 in biological sense repetition of parts in living things; earlier in rhetoric, synecdoche in which totality is expressed by contrasting parts (e.g. high and low, young and old); from Mod.L. merismus, from Gk. merismos a dividing,… … Etymology dictionary
