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Monad — • The word monad is used by the neo Platonists to signify the One; for instance, in the letters of the Christian Platonist Synesius, God is described as the Monad of Monads Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Monad Monad … Catholic encyclopedia
Monad — may refer to: Contents 1 Philosophy 2 Mathematics and computer science 3 Music 4 Biology 5 … Wikipedia
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
monad — [mō′nad΄, män′ad΄] n. [LL monas (gen. monadis) < Gr monas (gen. monados), a unit, unity < monos, alone: see MONO ] 1. a unit; something simple and indivisible 2. Biol. a) any simple, single celled organism, specif., a simple type of… … English World dictionary
monad — monad. См. монада. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
monad — index individual, unit (item) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
monad — (n.) unity, arithmetical unit, 1610s, from L.L. monas (gen. monadis), from Gk. monas unit, from monos alone (see MONO (Cf. mono )). In Leibnitz s philosophy, an ultimate unit of being (1748). Related: Monadic … Etymology dictionary
Monad — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Pour le mot anglais Monad, voir Monade Monad est aussi le nom de code de Windows PowerShell Articles connexes (en) Monad (Gn … Wikipédia en Français
monad — monadic /meuh nad ik/, monadical, monadal, adj. monadically, adv. /mon ad, moh nad/, n. 1. Biol. a. any simple, single celled organism. b. any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, esp. of the genus Monas … Universalium
monad — noun Etymology: Late Latin monad , monas, from Greek, from monos Date: 1615 1. a. unit, one b. atom 1 c. an elementary individual substance which reflects the order of the world and from which material properties are derived 2. a flagellated… … New Collegiate Dictionary
