"holon" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: holons [plural]
Etymology: From hole + -on. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*solh₂-}}, {{suffix|en|hole|on}} hole + -on Head templates: {{en-noun}} holon (plural holons)
  1. (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. Categories (topical): Subatomic particles Synonyms: chargon Translations (quasiparticle): holoni (Finnish), chargeon [masculine] (French), រន្ធាណូ (rʊəntʰien) (Khmer)
    Sense id: en-holon-en-noun-BXsXq0vd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with holo-, English terms suffixed with -on, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Khmer translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with holo-: 70 30 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -on: 77 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 75 25 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: holons [plural]
Etymology: From holo- + -on, from Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) with the suffix -on suggesting a part. Coined by Arthur Koestler in his 1967 book The Ghost in the Machine. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*solh₂-}}, {{confix|en|holo|on}} holo- + -on, {{der|en|grc|ὅλος||whole}} Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole”), {{coin|en|Arthur Koestler}} Coined by Arthur Koestler Head templates: {{en-noun}} holon (plural holons)
  1. (philosophy) Something that is both a part and a whole. Categories (topical): Philosophy Related terms: holonym, holonic, holarchy Translations (connection of the part and the whole): holoni (Finnish), holon [masculine] (French), Holon [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-holon-en-noun-Cms33Iiw Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Romanization [Gothic]

Head templates: {{head|got|romanization|head=}} holon, {{got-rom}} holon
  1. Romanization of 𐌷𐍉𐌻𐍉𐌽 Tags: alt-of, romanization Alternative form of: 𐌷𐍉𐌻𐍉𐌽
    Sense id: en-holon-got-romanization-rKBDGlac Categories (other): Gothic entries with incorrect language header, Gothic romanizations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Verb [Old Dutch]

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *holōn, from Proto-Germanic *hulōną. Equivalent to hol (“hole”) + -on or hol (“hollow”) + -on. Etymology templates: {{inh|odt|gmw-pro|*holōn}} Proto-West Germanic *holōn, {{inh|odt|gem-pro|*hulōną}} Proto-Germanic *hulōną, {{suffix|odt|hol|-on|id2=denominative|t1=hole}} hol (“hole”) + -on, {{suffix|odt|hol|-on|id2=factitive|t1=hollow}} hol (“hollow”) + -on Head templates: {{head|odt|reconstructed verb|cat2=|head=|sort=}} *holon, {{odt-verb}} *holon Inflection templates: {{odt-conj-wk2|hol}} Forms: weak [table-tags], holon [infinitive], holo [first-person, present, singular], holon [first-person, present, singular], holoda [first-person, past, singular], holos [present, second-person, singular], holost [present, second-person, singular], holodos [past, second-person, singular], holot [present, singular, third-person], holoda [past, singular, third-person], holon [first-person, plural, present], holodun [first-person, past, plural], holot [plural, present, second-person], holodut [past, plural, second-person], holont [plural, present, third-person], holodun [past, plural, third-person], holodi [first-person, past, singular], holodis [past, second-person, singular], holo [present, singular, third-person], holodi [past, singular, third-person], holodin [first-person, past, plural], holodit [past, plural, second-person], holon [plural, present, third-person], holodin [past, plural, third-person], holo [present, singular], holot [plural, present], holondi [present], holot [past], giholot [past]
  1. to hollow out, to make hollow Tags: reconstruction

Inflected forms

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}

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      "sense": "connection of the part and the whole",
      "word": "holoni"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "de",
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}

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    }
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        "first-person",
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        "present"
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "holodut",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holont",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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        "past",
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "holodi",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "holodin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "holodit",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holodin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holot",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holondi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holot",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "giholot",
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      "name": "head"
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  "lang": "Old Dutch",
  "lang_code": "odt",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Old Dutch/holon",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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        "Old Dutch terms suffixed with -on (factitive)",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hollow out, to make hollow"
      ],
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        [
          "hollow out",
          "hollow out"
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          "make",
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  ],
  "word": "holon"
}

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