Holon

Quick meaning: Holon is a noun meaning (philosophy) Something that is both a part and a whole.

Meaning

(philosophy) Something that is both a part and a whole.

More Meanings

1. (particle physics) 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.

Example Sentences

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 out by us).

Word Forms

• holons

Synonyms for holon

Depending on context, synonyms include chargon.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chargon, spinon, orbiton, hyperon, hooperon, hadron.

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