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noun
Either of the pair of entities that together make up an instanton.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Synonyms: half-instanton
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noun
A sclerite on the side of the thorax of an insect, above the coxae of the mid and hind legs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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noun
The unit of classification in meronomy.
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History
From mero- (“part, portion”) + -on. Coined by American scientists Curtis G. Allan Jr., Roger Dashen, and David J. Gross, in 1977.
Back-formation from epimeron, ultimately from Ancient Greek μῆρος (mêros, “thigh”).
From meronomy, by analogy with taxon.
