"monogenic" meaning in English

See monogenic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From mono- + -genic. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|mono|genic}} mono- + -genic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} monogenic (not comparable)
  1. of or relating to monogenesis or to monogenism Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-monogenic-en-adj-54Wyftml Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mono-, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 16 25 6 23 11 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mono-: 14 20 18 16 16 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 19 19 3 18 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 21 23 2 22 13
  2. (genetics) regulated by a single gene Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-monogenic-en-adj-4bCje8lj Categories (other): Genetics, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mono-, English terms suffixed with -genic, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 16 25 6 23 11 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mono-: 14 20 18 16 16 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -genic: 16 28 18 7 17 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 21 23 2 22 13 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
  3. producing offspring of only one sex, exhibiting monogeny Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-monogenic-en-adj-k4O0toxy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mono-, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 16 25 6 23 11 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mono-: 14 20 18 16 16 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 21 23 2 22 13
  4. (mathematics, of a function) having a single derivative at a point Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-monogenic-en-adj-OFYKnK9h Categories (other): Mathematics, English terms prefixed with mono- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mono-: 14 20 18 16 16 16 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  5. (mathematics, of a semigroup) generated by a set containing only a single element Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-monogenic-en-adj-ocOfoMXe Categories (other): Mathematics, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mono-, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 16 25 6 23 11 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mono-: 14 20 18 16 16 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 21 23 2 22 13 Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: monogenicity

Noun

Forms: monogenics [plural]
Etymology: From mono- + -genic. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|mono|genic}} mono- + -genic Head templates: {{en-noun}} monogenic (plural monogenics)
  1. (mathematics) A derivative of a monogenic function Derived forms: monogenically
    Sense id: en-monogenic-en-noun-JGlyKqQr Categories (other): Mathematics, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mono-, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 16 25 6 23 11 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mono-: 14 20 18 16 16 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 21 23 2 22 13 Topics: mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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