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monomial

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Being or relating to a polynomial consisting of one term.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A single term consisting of a product of numbers and variables with positive integer exponents.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • 5x2y is a monomial

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From mononomial, with -nono- simplified to -no- by haplology.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: едночленен (ednočlenen) — Translations
  • Finnish: yksiterminen — Translations
  • Irish: aontéarmach — Translations
  • Italian: monomiale — Translations
  • Portuguese: monomial — Translations
  • Russian: одночле́нный (odnočlénnyj) — Translations
  • Armenian: միանդամ (miandam) — term with numbers and variables
  • Azerbaijani: birhədli — term with numbers and variables
  • Bulgarian: едночлен (ednočlen) — term with numbers and variables
  • Catalan: monomi — term with numbers and variables
  • Finnish: monomi — term with numbers and variables
  • French: monôme — term with numbers and variables
  • German: Monom — term with numbers and variables
  • German: Mononom — term with numbers and variables
  • Italian: monomio — term with numbers and variables
  • Polish: jednomian — term with numbers and variables
  • Portuguese: monómio — term with numbers and variables
  • Portuguese: monômio — term with numbers and variables
  • Romanian: monom — term with numbers and variables
  • Russian: одночле́н (odnočlén) — term with numbers and variables
  • Serbo-Croatian: мо̀но̄м — term with numbers and variables
  • Serbo-Croatian: mònōm — term with numbers and variables
  • Slovene: monóm — term with numbers and variables
  • Spanish: monomio — term with numbers and variables
  • Tagalog: isakay — term with numbers and variables
  • Thai: เอกนาม — term with numbers and variables
  • Vietnamese: đơn thức — term with numbers and variables