MONAD


Meaning of MONAD in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmō-ˌnad ]

noun

Etymology: Late Latin monad-, monas, from Greek, from monos

Date: 1615

1.

a. : unit , one

b. : atom 1

c. : an elementary individual substance which reflects the order of the world and from which material properties are derived

2. : a flagellated protozoan (as of the genus Monas )

• mo·nad·ic mō-ˈna-dik, mə- adjective

• mo·nad·ism ˈmō-ˌna-ˌdi-zəm noun

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