Monad

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Philosophy An indivisible, impenetrable unit of substance viewed as the basic constituent element of physical reality in the metaphysics of Leibniz.
  • n. Biology A single-celled microorganism, especially a flagellate protozoan of the genus Monas.
  • n. Chemistry An atom or a radical with valence 1.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.
  • n. A monoid in the category of endofunctors.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.
  • n. The elementary and indestructible units which were conceived of as endowed with the power to produce all the changes they undergo, and thus determine all physical and spiritual phenomena.
  • n. One of the smallest flagellate Infusoria; esp., the species of the genus Monas, and allied genera.
  • n. A simple, minute organism; a primary cell, germ, or plastid.
  • n. An atom or radical whose valence is one, or which can combine with, be replaced by, or exchanged for, one atom of hydrogen.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In metaphysics, an individual and indivisible substance.
  • n. In biology:
  • n. Any simple single-celled organism.
  • n. In zoology, specifically, a flagellate infusorian; one of the Infusoria flagellata, characterized by the possession of one or two long whip-like flagella, and generally exhibiting an endoplast and a contractile vacuole. The word in this sense is derived from the name of the genus Monas.
  • n. In chem., an element whose atoms have the lowest valence or atomicity, which valence is therefore taken as unity.
  • In chem. and biology, of or pertaining to monads; of the nature of a monad; monadi-form.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (chemistry) an atom having a valence of one
  • n. (biology) a single-celled microorganism (especially a flagellate protozoan)
  • n. a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    atom    microorganism    1    single    unity    one    ace    i   
    Cross Reference
    hooked    collared monad    triad    dyad   
    Variant
    monades   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    gonad   
    Same Context
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    duad    triad    septet    hamadryad    oak-leaf    oread    hiton    overthrew    dryad    godhood