Definition of monad in English:

monad

noun ˈməʊnadˈmɒnadˈmoʊˌnæd

technical

1A single unit; the number one.
Example sentencesExamples
- Should this hoopla be considered as a whole, as an indivisible monad?
- Pollen, in monads or tetrads, is presented in the anthers, adhering to the anther by means of pollenkitt or elastoviscin until collected.
- Pollen grains are packaged into polyads of 32 associated monads, more than enough to fertilize the ovules of an individual flower.
- Pollen grains may be released as monads, tetrads or polyads.
- His most visually splintered work raises what is in part a political question: what holds these linguistic monads together?
1. 1.1Philosophy (in the philosophy of Leibniz) an indivisible and hence ultimately simple entity, such as an atom or a person.
  Example sentencesExamples
  According to Leibniz, the world is made up of indivisible, but nevertheless complex, self-sufficient units that he called monads.
  Now a partless, or indivisible entity does not necessarily have to be infinitesimal: souls, individual consciousnesses, and Leibnizian monads all supposedly lack parts but are surely not infinitesimal.
  Thus this reality cannot be the sheer resultant of the juxtaposition of individuals who are monads, totally self-sufficient and self-referring entities, with respect to one another.
  Engels sees this process of the endless movement of crowds as emblematic of the dissolution of humankind into a race of monads, of individuals reduced to selfish atoms in a world of atoms.
  An artwork then, when seen as one of Leibniz's monads, is its own universe but its perspective is within the larger totality of society in which the other artworks reside and refer.
2. 1.2Biology dated A single-celled organism, especially a flagellate protozoan, or a single cell.
  Example sentencesExamples
  We may then suppose that the ancestral form was a monad with a theca which, in some progeny, assumed the form found in the Apusozoa.

Derivatives

monadic

adjective mɒˈnadɪk

technical

Thus the natural view of change is that real, metaphysical change in a thing would be change in the monadic or internal or intrinsic properties of the thing.
Example sentencesExamples
- They can hide inner feelings of a monadic existence, while the rest of the world seems to cruise carefree.
- Communication is each monadic individual reaching beyond the limits of their self-enclosed individual existence of I = I.
- Traditionally qualia have regarded as intrinsic, private, ineffable monadic features of experience, but current theories of qualia often reject at least some of those commitments.
- What ultimately undermines the presentation of these seemingly monadic fragments of a stable Cartesian subjectivity in this text is its material referent - the place memorialised as the location of writing.

monadism

noun ˈmɒnədɪz(ə)mˈməʊnədɪz(ə)mˈmoʊnədˌɪzəm

mass noun

Philosophy

The theory (originally formulated by Leibniz) that reality, and in particular matter, is ultimately composed of indivisible entities.
he expresses his conviction that philosophy will witness a resurgence of interest in monadism
Example sentencesExamples
- The same physical qualities characterize the kind of subjectivity that we would name, variously, Cartesian monadism, Enlightenment individualism or autonomous egotism.
- Rejecting Leibnizian monadism, he favoured the Cartesian doctrine that the universe is filled with a continuous ethereal fluid.

Origin

Early 17th century: via late Latin from Greek monas, monad- 'unit', from monos 'alone'.

Rhymes

trichomonad

Definition of monad in US English:

monad

nounˈmoʊˌnædˈmōˌnad

technical

1A single unit; the number one.
Example sentencesExamples
- Should this hoopla be considered as a whole, as an indivisible monad?
- His most visually splintered work raises what is in part a political question: what holds these linguistic monads together?
- Pollen grains are packaged into polyads of 32 associated monads, more than enough to fertilize the ovules of an individual flower.
- Pollen, in monads or tetrads, is presented in the anthers, adhering to the anther by means of pollenkitt or elastoviscin until collected.
- Pollen grains may be released as monads, tetrads or polyads.
1. 1.1Philosophy (in the philosophy of Leibniz) an indivisible and hence ultimately simple entity, such as an atom or a person.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Thus this reality cannot be the sheer resultant of the juxtaposition of individuals who are monads, totally self-sufficient and self-referring entities, with respect to one another.
  An artwork then, when seen as one of Leibniz's monads, is its own universe but its perspective is within the larger totality of society in which the other artworks reside and refer.
  Now a partless, or indivisible entity does not necessarily have to be infinitesimal: souls, individual consciousnesses, and Leibnizian monads all supposedly lack parts but are surely not infinitesimal.
  Engels sees this process of the endless movement of crowds as emblematic of the dissolution of humankind into a race of monads, of individuals reduced to selfish atoms in a world of atoms.
  According to Leibniz, the world is made up of indivisible, but nevertheless complex, self-sufficient units that he called monads.
2. 1.2Biology dated A single-celled organism, especially a flagellate protozoan, or a single cell.
  Example sentencesExamples
  We may then suppose that the ancestral form was a monad with a theca which, in some progeny, assumed the form found in the Apusozoa.

Origin

Early 17th century: via late Latin from Greek monas, monad- ‘unit’, from monos ‘alone’.

单词	monad
释义	Definition of monad in English: monad noun ˈməʊnadˈmɒnadˈmoʊˌnæd technical 1A single unit; the number one. Example sentencesExamples Should this hoopla be considered as a whole, as an indivisible monad? Pollen, in monads or tetrads, is presented in the anthers, adhering to the anther by means of pollenkitt or elastoviscin until collected. Pollen grains are packaged into polyads of 32 associated monads, more than enough to fertilize the ovules of an individual flower. Pollen grains may be released as monads, tetrads or polyads. His most visually splintered work raises what is in part a political question: what holds these linguistic monads together? 1.1Philosophy (in the philosophy of Leibniz) an indivisible and hence ultimately simple entity, such as an atom or a person. Example sentencesExamples According to Leibniz, the world is made up of indivisible, but nevertheless complex, self-sufficient units that he called monads. Now a partless, or indivisible entity does not necessarily have to be infinitesimal: souls, individual consciousnesses, and Leibnizian monads all supposedly lack parts but are surely not infinitesimal. Thus this reality cannot be the sheer resultant of the juxtaposition of individuals who are monads, totally self-sufficient and self-referring entities, with respect to one another. Engels sees this process of the endless movement of crowds as emblematic of the dissolution of humankind into a race of monads, of individuals reduced to selfish atoms in a world of atoms. An artwork then, when seen as one of Leibniz's monads, is its own universe but its perspective is within the larger totality of society in which the other artworks reside and refer. 1.2Biology dated A single-celled organism, especially a flagellate protozoan, or a single cell. Example sentencesExamples We may then suppose that the ancestral form was a monad with a theca which, in some progeny, assumed the form found in the Apusozoa. Derivatives monadic adjective mɒˈnadɪk technical Thus the natural view of change is that real, metaphysical change in a thing would be change in the monadic or internal or intrinsic properties of the thing. Example sentencesExamples They can hide inner feelings of a monadic existence, while the rest of the world seems to cruise carefree. Communication is each monadic individual reaching beyond the limits of their self-enclosed individual existence of I = I. Traditionally qualia have regarded as intrinsic, private, ineffable monadic features of experience, but current theories of qualia often reject at least some of those commitments. What ultimately undermines the presentation of these seemingly monadic fragments of a stable Cartesian subjectivity in this text is its material referent - the place memorialised as the location of writing. monadism noun ˈmɒnədɪz(ə)mˈməʊnədɪz(ə)mˈmoʊnədˌɪzəm mass nounPhilosophy The theory (originally formulated by Leibniz) that reality, and in particular matter, is ultimately composed of indivisible entities. he expresses his conviction that philosophy will witness a resurgence of interest in monadism Example sentencesExamples The same physical qualities characterize the kind of subjectivity that we would name, variously, Cartesian monadism, Enlightenment individualism or autonomous egotism. Rejecting Leibnizian monadism, he favoured the Cartesian doctrine that the universe is filled with a continuous ethereal fluid. Origin Early 17th century: via late Latin from Greek monas, monad- 'unit', from monos 'alone'. Rhymes trichomonad Definition of monad in US English: monad nounˈmoʊˌnædˈmōˌnad technical 1A single unit; the number one. Example sentencesExamples Should this hoopla be considered as a whole, as an indivisible monad? His most visually splintered work raises what is in part a political question: what holds these linguistic monads together? Pollen grains are packaged into polyads of 32 associated monads, more than enough to fertilize the ovules of an individual flower. Pollen, in monads or tetrads, is presented in the anthers, adhering to the anther by means of pollenkitt or elastoviscin until collected. Pollen grains may be released as monads, tetrads or polyads. 1.1Philosophy (in the philosophy of Leibniz) an indivisible and hence ultimately simple entity, such as an atom or a person. Example sentencesExamples Thus this reality cannot be the sheer resultant of the juxtaposition of individuals who are monads, totally self-sufficient and self-referring entities, with respect to one another. An artwork then, when seen as one of Leibniz's monads, is its own universe but its perspective is within the larger totality of society in which the other artworks reside and refer. Now a partless, or indivisible entity does not necessarily have to be infinitesimal: souls, individual consciousnesses, and Leibnizian monads all supposedly lack parts but are surely not infinitesimal. Engels sees this process of the endless movement of crowds as emblematic of the dissolution of humankind into a race of monads, of individuals reduced to selfish atoms in a world of atoms. According to Leibniz, the world is made up of indivisible, but nevertheless complex, self-sufficient units that he called monads. 1.2Biology dated A single-celled organism, especially a flagellate protozoan, or a single cell. Example sentencesExamples We may then suppose that the ancestral form was a monad with a theca which, in some progeny, assumed the form found in the Apusozoa. Origin Early 17th century: via late Latin from Greek monas, monad- ‘unit’, from monos ‘alone’.
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