"monad" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɒnæd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmoʊnæd/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-monad.wav [Southern-England] Forms: monads [plural]
Rhymes: (US) -oʊnæd Etymology: From Latin monas (“unit”) (from Ancient Greek μονάς (monás), from μόνος (mónos), from Proto-Indo-European *mey-) + -ad. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mey- (small)}}, {{der|en|la|monas|t=unit}} Latin monas (“unit”), {{der|en|grc|μονάς}} Ancient Greek μονάς (monás), {{m|grc|μόνος}} μόνος (mónos), {{der|en|ine-pro|*mey-}} Proto-Indo-European *mey-, {{suffix|en||ad}} + -ad Head templates: {{en-noun}} monad (plural monads)
  1. (philosophy) An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible. Categories (topical): Philosophy, One Translations (something ultimate and indivisible): mònada [feminine] (Catalan), monadi (Finnish), monade [feminine] (French), Monade [feminine] (German), monád (Hungarian), monade [feminine] (Italian), monada [feminine] (Occitan), monada [feminine] (Polish), mónada [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), mônada [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), monadă [feminine] (Romanian), mónada [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-monad-en-noun-gdfaVnCO Disambiguation of One: 13 24 27 12 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ad Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 27 18 12 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ad: 15 19 29 12 24 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'something ultimate and indivisible': 88 5 3 2 3
  2. (botany) A single individual (such as a pollen grain) that is free from others, not united in a group. Categories (topical): Botany, One
    Sense id: en-monad-en-noun-VaoL3cji Disambiguation of One: 13 24 27 12 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ad Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 27 18 12 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ad: 15 19 29 12 24 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  3. (biology, dated) A single-celled organism. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Biology, One
    Sense id: en-monad-en-noun-mw7G6cyv Disambiguation of One: 13 24 27 12 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ad Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 27 18 12 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ad: 15 19 29 12 24 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  4. (category theory) A monoid object in the category of endofunctors of a fixed category. Categories (topical): Category theory, One
    Sense id: en-monad-en-noun-M4HxwlT6 Disambiguation of One: 13 24 27 12 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ad Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 27 18 12 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ad: 15 19 29 12 24 Topics: category-theory, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  5. (functional programming) A data type which represents a specific form of computation, along with the operations "return" and "bind". Categories (topical): Programming, One
    Sense id: en-monad-en-noun-rXwwFmaW Disambiguation of One: 13 24 27 12 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ad Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 27 18 12 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ad: 15 19 29 12 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: monadic, monadism Translations (mathematics and computing term): монада (monada) [feminine] (Bulgarian), mònada [feminine] (Catalan), 單子 (Chinese Mandarin), 单子 (dānzi) (Chinese Mandarin), monadi (Finnish), monade [feminine] (French), Monade [feminine] (German), monád (Hungarian), monade [feminine] (Italian), monada [feminine] (Polish), mónade [feminine] (Portuguese), monadă [feminine] (Romanian), монада (monada) [feminine] (Russian), mónada [feminine] (Spanish)
Coordinate_terms: duad, dyad, triad, tetrad, pentad, hexad, hebdomad, heptad, ogdoad, octad, ennead, nonad, decad, decade, hendecad, dodecad, duodecade, chiliad Disambiguation of 'mathematics and computing term': 6 10 7 38 39

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