"monadic" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Ancient Greek μοναδικός (monadikós, “single”), from μονάς (monás, “a unit”); see monad. By surface analysis, monad + -ic. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|μοναδικός||single}} Ancient Greek μοναδικός (monadikós, “single”), {{surf|en|monad|-ic}} By surface analysis, monad + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} monadic (not comparable)
  1. (philosophy) of, relating to, or being a monad Tags: not-comparable Translations (of or relating to a monad): monadinen (Finnish), monadique (French), monádikus (Hungarian), einstæður [masculine] (Icelandic), monadico (Italian), monádico (Portuguese), monádico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-monadic-en-adj-YsWjtYQH Categories (other): Philosophy Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'of or relating to a monad': 50 17 15 17
  2. (chemistry) univalent Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-monadic-en-adj-u4j4431p Categories (other): Chemistry Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. (biology) of or relating to the Monas genus of microorganisms Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-monadic-en-adj-VMH4qee0 Categories (other): Biology, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -adic, English terms suffixed with -ic, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 31 45 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -adic: 12 23 38 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 10 23 54 14 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 13 29 37 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 24 58 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 26 65 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 20 73 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 19 60 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 17 65 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 16 30 37 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 9 17 63 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 19 59 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 17 63 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 13 69 9 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  4. (mathematics, logic) having an arity of one (taking a single argument or operand) Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-monadic-en-adj-i8ZDML86 Categories (other): Logic, Mathematics, One Disambiguation of One: 1 7 38 54 Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: monadic predicate logic, monadic second-order logic Related terms: monad, dyadic, triadic, polyadic, variadic

Alternative forms

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