Halon vs Holon - What's the difference?
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(organic chemistry) A hydrocarbon in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by halogens
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(physics) One of three kinds of quasiparticle (the others being the spinon and orbiton) that electrons in solids are able to split into during the process of spin–charge separation, when extremely tightly confined at temperatures close to absolute zero.
(sociology) The term "holon" is a structural family therapy term that implies the part and whole inevitably connected. Every holon is both a part and a whole, e.g.: an individual is part of a family, which is part of an extended family, which is part of a community, etc.
As nouns the difference between halon and holon
is that halon is a hydrocarbon in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by halogens while holon is one of three kinds of quasiparticle (the others being the spinon and orbiton) that electrons in solids are able to split into during the process of spin–charge separation, when extremely tightly confined at temperatures close to absolute zero.halon
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