Monad
Definition of Monad
Mon´ad | n. | 1. | An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible. | | 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. | | 3. | (Zool.) One of the smallest flagellate Infusoria; esp., the species of the genus Monas, and allied genera. | | 4. | (Biol.) A simple, minute organism; a primary cell, germ, or plastid. | | 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. |
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