Etymology

meron

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Today it means: Either of the pair of entities that together make up an instanton. Full definition →

Ancient Greek μῆρος
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meron · noun1

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

meron · noun2

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμῆρος“thigh”
  2. English todaymeron

Back-formation from epimeron, ultimately from Ancient Greek μῆρος (mêros, “thigh”).

meron · noun3

From meronomy, by analogy with taxon.

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