monad

== English == === Etymology === From Latin monas (“unit”) (from Ancient Greek μονάς (monás), from μόνος (mónos), from Proto-Indo-European *men-). By surface analysis, mono- +‎ -ad. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɒnæd/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmoʊnæd/ Rhymes: (US) -oʊnæd Hyphenation: mon‧ad === Noun === monad (plural monads) One thing, one being, one item. A group of entities or items treated as one entity. (philosophy) An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible. (botany) A single individual (such as a pollen grain) that is free from others, not united in a group. (biology, dated) A single-celled organism. (See Monas.) (category theory) A monoid object in the category of endofunctors of a fixed category. Coordinate term: comonad (functional programming) A data type which represents a specific form of computation, along with the operations "return" and "bind". ==== Coordinate terms ==== (group) monad, duad/dyad, triad, tetrad, pentad, hexad, hebdomad/heptad, ogdoad/octad, ennead/nonad, decad/decade, hendecad, dodecad/duodecade, chiliad ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === monad on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Damon, Doman, Domna, Mando, Monda, NoMad, mad on, mad-on, mando, nomad