holonic en · ADJ
Etymology
From holon + -ic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Pertaining to holons; involving something that is simultaneously a self-contained entity and a part of a larger system.
With this holonic knowledge, therapy participants establish a space wherein additional information can emerge from and assimilate with previous knowledge.
2014, Martin John Erickson, Thomas Carlson, Spirituality and Family Therapy, →ISBN, page 42:The ego is still there and thus the unconsciousness as well, but one is temporarily unconscious of the fact that there is a seam between ones ego and any other holonic faction.
2008, Mike Loutzenhiser, The Role of the Indigenous African Psyche in the Evolution of Human Consciousness, →ISBN, page 9:In force of its undecidable and holonic character, global sustainability can only be attained by resorting to suitable heuristics designed to guide global evolution.
2005, Gianfranco Minati, Eliano Pessa, Mario Abram, Systemics of Emergence: Research and Development, →ISBN, page 601:Early attempts in designing holonic manufacturing systems have taken a more technically oriented approach.
2013, S.M. Deen, Agent-Based Manufacturing: Advances in the Holonic Approach, →ISBN, page 23: