monovacancy

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *men-der.

Proto-Hellenic *mónwos

Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos)

Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der.

English mono-

English vacancy

English monovacancy

From mono- + vacancy.

Noun

monovacancy (plural monovacancies)

1. The absence of a single atom or molecule in a crystal lattice.
2. The resulting defect.