MONADES

MONAS

monad, monas

(noun) a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive

Source: WordNet® 3.1

MONAD

Mon"ad, n. Etym: [L. monas, -adis, a unit, Gr.

1. An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.

2. (Philos. of Leibnitz)

Definition: 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.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: One of the smallest flangellate Infusoria; esp., the species of the genus Monas, and allied genera.

4. (Biol.)

Definition: A simple, minute organism; a primary cell, germ, or plastid.

5. (Chem.)

Definition: An atom or radical whose valence is one, or which can combine with, be replaced by, or exchanged for, one atom of hydrogen. Monad deme (Biol.), in tectology, a unit of the first order of individuality.

MONAS

Mo"nas, n. Etym: [NL. See Monad.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A genus of minute flagellate Infusoria of which there are many species, both free and attached. See Illust. under Monad.

MONA

Mo"na, n. Etym: [CF. Sp. & Pg. mona, fem. of mono a monkey, ape.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A small, handsome, long-tailed West American monkey (Cercopithecus mona). The body is dark olive, with a spot of white on the haunches.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition