METONYMY
\mˈɛtənˌɪmi], \mˈɛtənˌɪmi], \m_ˈɛ_t_ə_n_ˌɪ_m_i]\
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substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
By Princeton University
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substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A figure of speech in which a word is used in place of another which it suggests by association; as, the name of a part for that of the whole; as, he employs two hundred hands; the container for the thing contained; as, the kettle boils, etc.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Platidiam
- An inorganic water-soluble platinum complex. After undergoing hydrolysis, it reacts DNA produce both intra interstrand crosslinks. These crosslinks appear to impair replication and transcription of DNA. The cytotoxicity cisplatin correlates with cellular arrest in G2 phase cell cycle.