meron

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Either of the pair of entities that together make up an instanton.
noun
  1. A sclerite on the side of the thorax of an insect, above the coxae of the mid and hind legs.
noun
  1. The unit of classification in meronomy.

Word forms

meron merons

Etymology

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

Synonyms

half-instanton

Related words

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