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holons

holons is the plural of holon.

Meaning of holon

Noun (1)

holon (plural holons)

  1. (particle) One of three kinds of quasiparticle (the others being the spinon and orbiton) that electrons in solids are able to split into during the process of spin–charge separation, when extremely tightly confined at temperatures close to absolute zero.
    Synonyms:
    chargon

Noun (2)

holon (plural holons)

  1. Something that is both a part and a whole.
    • Before an atom is an atom, it is a holon. Before a cell is a cell, it is a holon. Before an idea is an idea, it is a holon. All of them are wholes that exist in other wholes, and thus they are all whole/parts, or holons, first and foremost (long before any “particular characteristics” are singled...1995, Ken Wilber, “The Pattern That Connects”, in Sex, Ecology, Spirituality, Shambhala, →ISBN, Book One, pages 33–34

Questions about holons

What is holons the plural of?
Holons is the plural of holon.

Words near holons in the dictionary

  1. holonomicity
  2. holonomies
  3. holonomy
  4. holonovel
  5. holonovels
  6. holons
  7. holonym
  8. holonymic
  9. holonymous
  10. holonyms
  11. holonymy

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