monad

/mon-ad, moh-nad/US // ˈmɒn æd, ˈmoʊ næd //UK // (ˈmɒnæd, ˈməʊ-) //

单体,单元,单子,单行体

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : Biology. any simple, single-celled organism.any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genusMonas.
- : Chemistry. an element, atom, or group having a valence of one.Compare dyad, triad.
- : Philosophy. an unextended, indivisible, and indestructible entity that is the basic or ultimate constituent of the universe and a microcosm of it. a basic and irreducible metaphysical unit that is spatially and psychically individuated.any basic metaphysical entity, especially having an autonomous life.
- : a single unit or entity.

nounsingle entity

Synonyms

The me is a monad, that is, an indivisible unity; of this there can be no doubt.
From the monad proceeds an indefinite duad, which is subordinate to the monad as to its cause.
Genius watches the monad through all his masks as he performs the metempsychosis of nature.
In short, each monad is a little Leibniz for ever increasing the sum of its knowledge.
All this carbon has played its part, and many parts in its time, as animal existences from monad up to man.