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Monogenic

Monˊo-gen′ic

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Adj.
1.
(Biol.)
Of or pertaining to monogenesis.
2.
(Zool.)
Producing only one kind of germs, or young; developing only in one way.

Definition 2024


monogenic

monogenic

English

Adjective

monogenic (not comparable)

  1. of or relating to monogenesis or to monogenism
  2. (genetics) regulated by a single gene
  3. producing offspring of only one sex
  4. (mathematics, of a function) having a single derivative at a point
  5. (mathematics, of a semigroup) generated by a set containing only a single element

Noun

monogenic (plural monogenics)

  1. (mathematics) A derivative of a monogenic function

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