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