Fromhole +-on.
holon (pluralholons)
- (physics) One of three kinds ofquasiparticle (the others being thespinon andorbiton) thatelectrons insolids are able to split into during the process of spin–charge separation, when extremely tightly confined at temperatures close to absolute zero.
- Synonym:chargon
Fromholo- +-on, fromAncient Greekὅλος(hólos,“whole”) with the suffix-on suggesting a part.Coined byArthur Koestler in his 1967 bookThe Ghost in the Machine.
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An individual is autonomous, but also part of a family, which is part of an extended family, which is part of a community, etc. |
holon (pluralholons)
- (philosophy) Something that is both a part and a whole.
1995,Ken Wilber, “The Pattern That Connects”, inSex, Ecology, Spirituality, Shambhala,→ISBN, Book One,pages33–34:Before an atom is an atom, it is aholon. Before a cell is a cell, it is aholon. Before an idea is an idea, it is aholon. All of them are wholes that exist in other wholes, and thus they are all whole/parts, orholons, first and foremost (long before any “particular characteristics” are singled out by us).
Used primarily in philosophy (where the term originated), family therapy and in manufacturing.
connection of the part and the whole
holon
- Romanization of𐌷𐍉𐌻𐍉𐌽
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