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holonic

holonic adjective: pertaining to holons; involving something that is simultaneously a self-contained entity and a part of a larger system.

Adjective

holonic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to holons; involving something that is simultaneously a self-contained entity and a part of a larger system.
    • In force of its undecidable and holonic character, global sustainability can only be attained by resorting to suitable heuristics designed to guide global evolution.2005, Gianfranco Minati, Eliano Pessa, Mario Abram, Systemics of Emergence: Research and Development, →ISBN, page 601
    • The ego is still there and thus the unconsciousness as well, but one is temporarily unconscious of the fact that there is a seam between ones ego and any other holonic faction.2008, Mike Loutzenhiser, The Role of the Indigenous African Psyche in the Evolution of Human Consciousness, →ISBN, page 9

Examples of holonic in a sentence

  • Early attempts in designing holonic manufacturing systems have taken a more technically oriented approach.2013, S.M. Deen, Agent-Based Manufacturing: Advances in the Holonic Approach, →ISBN, page 23:
  • With this holonic knowledge, therapy participants establish a space wherein additional information can emerge from and assimilate with previous knowledge.2014, Martin John Erickson, Thomas Carlson, Spirituality and Family Therapy, →ISBN, page 42:

Origin of holonic

From holon + -ic.

Questions about holonic

What does holonic mean?
Holonic means pertaining to holons; involving something that is simultaneously a self-contained entity and a part of a larger system.
How do you use holonic in a sentence?
Early attempts in designing holonic manufacturing systems have taken a more technically oriented approach.
What part of speech is holonic?
Holonic is an adjective.

Words near holonic in the dictionary

  1. holomyoglobin
  2. holon
  3. holonephridia
  4. holonephridial
  5. holonephridium
  6. holonic
  7. holonomic
  8. holonomic constraint
  9. holonomic constraints
  10. holonomicity
  11. holonomies

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