monatomic

English

Etymology

From mon- +‎ atomic.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

monatomic (not comparable)

1. (chemistry) Of an element, consisting of a single atom in the molecule, for example, the noble gases. Note: Strictly speaking, a molecule has at least two atoms.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with the similar sounding monotonic.

Translations

consisting of a single atom

• Bulgarian: едноатомен (ednoatomen)
• Esperanto: unuatoma
• Finnish: yksiatominen
• French: monoatomique (fr)
• Hungarian: egyatomos
• Irish: aon-adamhach
• Italian: monoatomico (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: enatomig

  Nynorsk: einatomig

• Portuguese: monoatómico (Portugal), monoatômico (Brazil)
• Spanish: monoatómico