# meron

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #69,244

## Definitions
1. Either of the pair of entities that together make up an instanton.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/meron