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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
According to the Bohmian interpretation of quantum mechanics, the holistic idea that everything is in a state of process or becoming.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *solh2- Proto-Indo-European *solh2wós Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos)bor. English holo- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh1- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh1éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old French movoir Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Old French movementbor. Middle English mevement English movement English holomovement From holo- + movement.
