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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μοναδικός (monadikós, “single”), from μονάς (monás, “a unit”); see monad. By surface analysis, monad + -ic.
Adjective
monadic (not comparable)
- (philosophy) of, relating to, or being a monad
2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 142:We can refuse to view each of these areas as distinct and monadic categories of identity and we can refuse to study them in isolation from one another.
- (chemistry) univalent
- (biology) of or relating to the Monas genus of microorganisms
- (mathematics, logic) having an arity of one (taking a single argument or operand)
Derived terms
Translations
of or relating to a monad
See also
Further reading
- “monadic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “monadic”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
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