holon
One of three kinds of quasiparticle that electrons in solids are able to split into…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.
Meaning
2 senses(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.
Something that is both a part and a whole.
Holon
Translations
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Origin
From hole + -on. From holo- (from Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole”)) + -on (like taxonFrom hole + -on.
From holo- (from Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole”)) + -on (like taxon or meron). Coined by Arthur Koestler in his 1967 book The Ghost in the Machine.
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