monad

See also: monad-

English

Etymology

From Latin monas (from Ancient Greek μονάς (monás), from μόνος (mónos), from Proto-Indo-European *men-) +‎ -ad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɒnæd/

Noun

monad (plural monads)

1. An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.
2. (botany) A single individual (such as a pollen grain) that is free from others, not united in a group.
3. (mathematics, computing) A monoid object in the category of endofunctors of a fixed category.

   Coordinate term: comonad

Coordinate terms

• monad · duad, dyad · triad · tetrad · pentad · hexad · heptad · octad · ennead, nonad · decad, decade · hendecad · dodecad, duodecade

Derived terms

• monadic
• monadism

Translations

something ultimate and indivisible

• Finnish: monadi (fi)
• German: Monade (de) f
• Hungarian: monád
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Occitan: monada
• Polish: monada (pl)
• Portuguese: mónada f (Portugal), mônada f (Brazil)

mathematics and computing term

• Finnish: monadi (fi)
• French: monade (fr)
• German: Monade (de)
• Hungarian: monád
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: monada (pl)
• Portuguese: mónade
• Spanish: mónada

Further reading

• monad on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Damon, Doman, Domna, Mando, NoMad, mad on, mad-on, mando, nomad