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GLOSSARY
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Half the UniVerse

expansion of the “half the sky” phrase used to denote the Earthly presence of women all the procreative way to the entire ecosmos.

Holarchy

From Arthur Koestler and others, a nested scale or hierarchy composed of integrally whole components.

Holistic

A perspective that takes in and considers an entire scene or system all at once – opposite and complement to reduction.

Hologram

An optical interference pattern illuminated by coherent laser light wherein each minute fraction contains the entire image.

Homology

The presence of similar evolved, usually anatomical, characters which have descended from a common ancestor.

Homoplasy

The relationship of common characters which arise independently within a certain phylogenetic kingdom.

Hypercycle

A theory for the origin of self-replicating molecular systems which involve feedback loops by which they bootstrap themselves.