a. any simple, single-celled organism b. any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, esp. of the genus Monas
element, atom, or group having a valence of one
a. (in the metaphysics of Leibniz) an unextended, indivisible, and indestructible entity that is the basic or ultimate constituent of the universe and a microcosm of it b. (in the philosophy of Giordano Bruno) a basic and irreducible metaphy
unit one
a single-celled organism [n MONADS] : MONADAL [adj], MONADIC [adj]
om 1
elementary individual substance which reflects the order of the world and from which material properties are derived