Monad
English Meaning
An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.
- Philosophy An indivisible, impenetrable unit of substance viewed as the basic constituent element of physical reality in the metaphysics of Leibniz.
- Biology A single-celled microorganism, especially a flagellate protozoan of the genus Monas.
- Chemistry An atom or a radical with valence 1.