monadic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μοναδικός (monadikós, “single”), from μονάς (monás, “a unit”); see monad. By surface analysis, monad +‎ -ic.

Adjective

monadic (not comparable)

1. (philosophy) of, relating to, or being a monad
   • 2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 142:

     We can refuse to view each of these areas as distinct and monadic categories of identity and we can refuse to study them in isolation from one another.

2. (chemistry) univalent
3. (biology) of or relating to the Monas genus of microorganisms
4. (mathematics, logic) having an arity of one (taking a single argument or operand)

   "The monadic existential quantifier ∃, as in ∃x, may express existence of x in formal logic or mathematics]]".

Derived terms

• monadic predicate logic
• monadic second-order logic

 

Related terms

• monad

Translations

of or relating to a monad

• Finnish: monadinen (fi)
• French: monadique (fr)
• Hungarian: monádikus
• Icelandic: einstæður m
• Italian: monadico (it)
• Portuguese: monádico (pt)
• Spanish: monádico

See also

• dyadic
• triadic
• polyadic
• variadic

Further reading

• “monadic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “monadic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• monacid, nomadic, mandioc, Modican, coadmin