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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mon•ad (mon′ad, mō′nad),USA pronunciation n. - Microbiology[Biol.]
- any simple, single-celled organism.
- any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, esp. of the genus Monas.
- Chemistryan element, atom, or group having a valence of one. Cf. dyad (def. 3), triad (def. 2a).
- Philosophy
- (in the metaphysics of Leibniz) an unextended, indivisible, and indestructible entity that is the basic or ultimate constituent of the universe and a microcosm of it.
- (in the philosophy of Giordano Bruno) a basic and irreducible metaphysical unit that is spatially and psychically individuated.
- any basic metaphysical entity, esp. having an autonomous life.
- a single unit or entity.
- Greek (stem of monás): unity. See mon-, -ad1
- Late Latin monad- (stem of monas)
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