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Webster 1913 Edition
Monad
Mon′ad
,Noun.
[L.
monas
, -adis
, a unit, Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], fr. μόνοσ
alone.] 1.
An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.
2.
(Philos. of Leibnitz)
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.
3.
(Zool.)
One of the smallest flagellate Infusoria; esp., the species of the genus
Monas
, and allied genera. 4.
(Biol.)
A simple, minute organism; a primary cell, germ, or plastid.
5.
(Chem.)
An atom or radical whose valence is one, or which can combine with, be replaced by, or exchanged for, one atom of hydrogen.
Monad deme
(Biol.)
, in tectology, a unit of the first order of individuality.
Webster 1828 Edition
Monad
MON'AD
,Noun.
1.
An ultimate atom, or simple unextended point.2.
An indivisible thing.Definition 2024
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See also: monad-
English
Noun
monad (plural monads)
- An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.
- (mathematics, computing) A monoid in the category of endofunctors.
- (botany) A single individual (such as a pollen grain) that is free from others, not united in a group.
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Translations
something ultimate and indivisible
