Definition of Monad. Meaning of Monad. Synonyms of Monad

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Monad. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Monad and, of course, Monad synonyms and on the right images related to the word Monad.

Definition of Monad

Monad
Monad Mon"ad, n. [L. monas, -adis, a unit, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? alone.] 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. (Zo["o]l.) One of the smallest flangellate 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. Monad deme (Biol.), in tectology, a unit of the first order of individuality.

Meaning of Monad from wikipedia

- In functional programming, monads are a way to structure com****tions as a sequence of steps, where each step not only produces a value but also some extra...
- Look up monad in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Monad may refer to: Monad (philosophy), a term meaning "unit" Monism, the concept of "one essence" in...
- The term monad (from Ancient Gr**** μονάς (monas) 'unity' and μόνος (monos) 'alone') is used in some cosmic philosophy and cosmogony to refer to a most...
- In category theory, a branch of mathematics, a monad is a triple ( T , η , μ ) {\displaystyle (T,\eta ,\mu )} consisting of a functor T from a category...
- In some Gnostic systems, the supreme being is known as the Monad, the One, the Absolute, Aiōn Teleos (the Perfect Aeon, αἰών τέλεος), Bythos (Depth or...
- a strong monad is a monad on a monoidal category with an additional natural transformation, called the strength, which governs how the monad interacts...
- "well-tailored double-breasted suit, gray shirt, and blue necktie, with a monad insignia on the lapel", and its members saluted Scott in public. Public...
- presents, in some 90 paragraphs, a metaphysics of simple substances, or monads. During his last stay in Vienna from 1712 to September 1714, Leibniz wrote...
- functional programming, a monad transformer is a type constructor which takes a monad as an argument and returns a monad as a result. Monad transformers can be...
- theory, the codensity monad is a fundamental construction ****ociating a monad to a wide class of functors. The codensity monad of a functor G : D → C...