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Geon (geology) The term geon (for geological eon) refers to large, geologic units of time. Geologists traditionally subdivide Earth history into a hierarchy of named intervals: eons, eras, periods, etc. (e.g., the Jurassic Period of the Mesozoic Era). Histor ...
, a time interval * Geon (Korean name), a Korean masculine given name *
Geon (physics) In theoretical general relativity, a geon is a nonsingular electromagnetic or gravitational wave which is held together in a confined region by the gravitational attraction of its own field energy. They were first investigated theoretically in ...
, a hypothetical gravitational wave packet *
Geon (psychology) Geons are the simple 2D or 3D forms such as cylinders, bricks, wedges, cones, circles and rectangles corresponding to the simple parts of an object in Biederman's recognition-by-components theory. The theory proposes that the visual input is matc ...
, a geometrical primitive out of which everyday objects can be represented *Geon, short for
geonim ''Geonim'' ( he, גאונים; ; also Romanization of Hebrew, transliterated Gaonim, singular Gaon) were the presidents of the two great Talmudic Academies in Babylonia, Babylonian Talmudic Academies of Sura Academy , Sura and Pumbedita Academy ...
, rabbis in the medieval era *Geon, a character from the '' King of the Monsters'' series of video games *'' Geon: Emotions'', a video game for Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade service * ''Geon'' (video game), for PlayStation 3's PlayStation Network and Nintendo Wii {{disambig