Found 2 items, similar to monad.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: monad monad n 1: an atom having a valence of one 2: a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive [syn: monas] [also: monades (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Monad Monad \Mon"ad\, n. [L. monas, -adis, a unit, Gr. ?, ?, fr. mo`nos alone.] 1. An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible. [1913 Webster] 2. (Philos. of Leibnitz) 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. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo["o]l.) One of the smallest flagellate Infusoria; esp., the species of the genus Monas, and allied genera. [1913 Webster] 4. (Biol.) A simple, minute organism; a primary cell, germ, or plastid. [1913 Webster] 5. (Chem.) An atom or radical whose valence is one, or which can combine with, be replaced by, or exchanged for, one atom of hydrogen. [1913 Webster] Monad deme (Biol.), in tectology, a unit of the first order of individuality. [1913 Webster]