monadic
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μοναδικός (monadikós, “single”), from μονάς (monás, “a unit”); see monad.
Adjective
[edit]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)
- "The monadic existential quantifier ∃, as in ∃x, may express existence of x in formal logic or mathematics]]".
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]of or relating to a monad
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “monadic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “monadic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.