Look up: monad

1. monad
   [n] - an atom having a valence of one 2. [n] - a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive
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2. monad
   Philosophical term deriving from the work of Gottfried Leibniz, suggesting a soul or metaphysical unit that has a self-contained life. The monads are independent of each other but coordinated by a...
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3. Monad
   Mon'ad noun [ Latin monas , - adis , a unit, Greek ..., ..., from mo`nos alone.] 1. An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible. 2. (Philos. of Leibnitz) The elementa...
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4. monad
   1. An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible. ... 2. <philosophy> The elementary and indestructible units which were conceived of as endowed with the power to produce all the changes they undergo, and thus determine all physical and spiritual phenomena. ...
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5. monad
   noun (biology) a single-celled microorganism (especially a flagellate protozoan)
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6. monad
   monas noun a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive
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7. monad
   noun (chemistry) an atom having a valence of one
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8. monad
   (mon´әd) a single-celled protozoon or coccus. a univalent radical or element. in meiosis, one member of a tetrad.
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9. Monad
   • (n.) An atom or radical whose valence is one, or which can combine with, be replaced by, or exchanged for, one atom of hydrogen. • (n.) One of the smallest flangellate Infusoria; esp., the species of the genus Monas, and allied genera. • (n.) The elementary and indestructible units ...
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10. monad
    (from Greek monas `unit`), an elementary individual substance that reflects the order of the world and from which material properties are derived. ... [14 related articles]
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11. monad
    (theory, functional programming) /mo'nad/ A technique from category theory which has been adopted as a way of dealing with state in functional programming languages in such a way that the details of the state are hidden or abstracted out of code that merely passes it on unchanged. A monad has three ...
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12. monad
    
    • an atom having a valence of one
    • a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive
    
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13. monad
    monad: see Bruno, Giordano; Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Baron von.
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14. Monad
    (Gr. Monas, a unit) In Greek usage, originally the number one. Later, any individual or metaphysical unit. Bruno named his metaphysical units monads to distinguish them from the Democritean atoms. The monads, centers of the world life, are both psychic and spatial individuals. Leibniz (borrowing the...
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15. Monad
    In philosophy, monad is an imaginary entity in the philosophy of Leibnitz, according to whom monads are simple substances, of which the whole universe is composed, each differing from every other, but all agreeing in having no extension, but in being possessed of life, the source of all motion and a...
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16. monad
    Type: Term Pronunciation: mon-′ad Definitions: 1. A univalent element or radical. 2. A unicellular organism. 3. In meiosis, the single chromosome derived from a tetrad after the first and second maturation divisions.
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17. Monad
    (category theory) In category theory, a branch of mathematics, a `monad`, `Kleisli triple`, or `triple` is an (endo-)functor, together with two natural transformations. Monads are important in the theory of pairs of adjoint functors, and they generalize closure operators on partially ordered ...
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18. Monad
    (functional programming) In functional programming, a `monad` is a programming structure that represents computations. Monads are a kind of abstract data type constructor that encapsulate program logic instead of data in the domain model. A defined monad allows the programmer to chain actions...
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19. Monad
    (Gnosticism) The Monad in early Christian gnostic writings is an adaption of concepts of the Monad in Greek philosophy to Christian gnostic belief systems. The term monad comes from the Greek feminine noun monas (nominative singular, μονάς), "one unit," where ...
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20. Monad
    (Greek philosophy) `Monad` (from Greek μονάς monas, "unit" from μόνος monos, "alone"), according to the Pythagoreans, was a term for God or the first being, or the totality of all beings, Monad being the source or the One meani...
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21. Monad
    (music) In music, a `monad` is a single note or pitch. The Western chromatic scale, for example, is composed of twelve monads. Monads are contrasted to dyads, groups of two notes, triads, groups of three, and so on. Sources:
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