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meron

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables
meron
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of the pair of entities that together make up an instanton.

noun

A sclerite on the side of the thorax of an insect, above the coxae of the mid and hind legs.

noun

The unit of classification in meronomy.

Etymology

From mero- (“part, portion”) + -on. Coined by American scientists Curtis G. Allan Jr., Roger Dashen, and David J. Gross, in 1977.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

merons (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

holon

Synonyms

half-instanton

Questions

What does meron mean?
Either of the pair of entities that together make up an instanton.
Where does meron come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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