monad

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

One thing, one being, one item.
A group of entities or items treated as one entity.
An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.
A single individual (such as a pollen grain) that is free from others, not united in a group.
A single-celled organism. (See Monas.)
A monoid object in the category of endofunctors of a fixed category.
A data type which represents a specific form of computation, along with the operations "return" and "bind".

/ˈmɒnæd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-monad.wav /ˈmoʊnæd/

monad monads

From Latin monas (“unit”) (from Ancient Greek μονάς (monás), from μόνος (mónos), from Proto-Indo-European *men-). By surface analysis, mono- + -ad.

bimonad diplomonad haptomonad leptomonad metamonad monadic monadiform monadism monadist monadology nectomonad pseudomonad xanthomonad

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