monad

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Synonyms: gonad, mona, nonad, monod, monay, monam, monal, monas, mond, menad, moad

Antonyms: gonad, mona, nonad, monod, monay, monam, monal, monas, mond, menad, moad

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Noun

1. One thing, one being, one item.
2. A group of entities or items treated as one entity.
3. {{lb|en|philosophy}} An ultimate [[atom]], or simple, unextended point; something [[ultimate]] and [[indivisible]].
4. {{lb|en|botany}} A single individual (such as a pollen grain) that is free from others, not united in a group.
5. {{lb|en|biology|dated}} A single-celled organism. (See {{taxfmt|Monas|genus}}.)
6. {{lb|en|category theory}} A [[monoid]] object in the [[category]] of [[endofunctor]]s of a fixed category.
7. {{lb|en|functional programming}} A [[data type]] which represents a specific form of [[computation]], along with the operations "return" and "bind".

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