noun
Meaning 1
One thing, one being, one item.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
monad
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɒnæd/
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General-American: /ˈmoʊnæd/
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rhymes with (US) -oʊnæd
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CMU ARPABET: M OW1 N AE0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A group of entities or items treated as one entity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
A single individual (such as a pollen grain) that is free from others, not united in a group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
A single-celled organism. (See Monas.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
A monoid object in the category of endofunctors of a fixed category.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: category-theory, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
A data type which represents a specific form of computation, along with the operations "return" and "bind".
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: functional programming
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noun
Meaning 8
(biology) a single-celled microorganism (especially a flagellate protozoan)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: microorganism, micro-organism
noun
Meaning 9
a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: monas
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: one, 1, I, ace, single, unity
noun
Meaning 10
(chemistry) an atom having a valence of one
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: atom
History
Etymology
From Latin monas (“unit”) (from Ancient Greek μονάς (monás), from μόνος (mónos), from Proto-Indo-European *men-). By surface analysis, mono- + -ad.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: монада (monada) — something ultimate and indivisible
- Catalan: mònada — something ultimate and indivisible
- Finnish: monadi — something ultimate and indivisible
- French: monade — something ultimate and indivisible
- German: Monade — something ultimate and indivisible
- Hungarian: monád — something ultimate and indivisible
- Italian: monade — something ultimate and indivisible
- Occitan: monada — something ultimate and indivisible
- Polish: monada — something ultimate and indivisible
- Portuguese: mónada — something ultimate and indivisible
- Portuguese: mônada — something ultimate and indivisible
- Romanian: monadă — something ultimate and indivisible
- Spanish: mónada — something ultimate and indivisible
- Bulgarian: монада (monada) — mathematics and computing term
- Catalan: mònada — mathematics and computing term
- Chinese Mandarin: 單子 /单子 (dānzi) — mathematics and computing term
- Finnish: monadi — mathematics and computing term
- French: monade — mathematics and computing term
- German: Monade — mathematics and computing term
- Hungarian: monád — mathematics and computing term
- Italian: monade — mathematics and computing term
- Polish: monada — mathematics and computing term
- Portuguese: mónade — mathematics and computing term
- Romanian: monadă — mathematics and computing term
- Russian: монада (monada) — mathematics and computing term
- Spanish: mónada — mathematics and computing term