Definitions For Holon

Etymology 1

particle: hole + on

Noun

HOLON (plural HOLONs) (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.

Synonyms

; particle chargon

Translations

Finnish: holoni French: chargeon, m Khmer: រន្ធាណូ, sc=Khmr (rʊəntʰien)

Etymology 2

sociology term: , from (Ancient Greek) ὅλος, , whole with the suffix -on suggesting a part. Coined by in his 1967 novel .

Noun

HOLON (plural HOLONs) (sociology) Something that is both a part and a whole, e.g.: an individual is autonomous, but also part of a family, which is part of an extended family, which is part of a community, etc.