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