monad

Meaning

1. An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.
2. A single individual (such as a pollen grain) that is free from others, not united in a group.
3. A single-celled organism.
4. A monoid object in the category of endofunctors of a fixed category.
5. A data type which represents a specific form of computation, along with the operations "return" and "bind".

Synonyms

monas

unit

denomination

department

singular

unicellular organism

Hyphenated as

mon‧ad

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɒnæd/

Etymology

From Latin monas (“unit”) (from Ancient Greek μονάς (monás), from μόνος (mónos), from Proto-Indo-European *men-) + -ad.