Geon may refer to:
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Geon (geology)
The term geon (for geological eon (geology), 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 ...
, a time interval
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Geon (Korean name) Geon may refer to:
*Geon (geology), a time interval
*Geon (Korean name), a Korean masculine given name
*Geon (physics), a hypothetical gravitational or electromagnetic wave packet which is held together in a confined region by the gravitational att ...
, a Korean masculine given name
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Geon (physics)
In 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 1955 by J. A. ...
, a hypothetical gravitational or electromagnetic wave packet which is held together in a confined region by the gravitational attraction of its own field energy
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Geon (psychology) Geons are the simple 2D or 3D forms such as cylinder (geometry), cylinders, bricks, Wedge (geometry), wedges, Cone (geometry), cones, circles and rectangles corresponding to the simple parts of an object in Irving Biederman, Biederman's recognition- ...
, a geometrical primitive out of which everyday objects can be represented
*Geon, short for
geonim
''Geonim'' (; ; 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 , Pumbedita, in t ...
, 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
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''Geon'' (video game), for PlayStation 3's PlayStation Network and Nintendo Wii
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