Monad (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. Biology.
    • any simple, single-celled organism.
    • any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
  2. an element, atom, or group having a valence of one.
  3. Philosophy.
    • (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.
    • (in the philosophy of Giordano Bruno) a basic and irreducible metaphysical unit that is spatially and psychically individuated.
    • any basic metaphysical entity, especially having an autonomous life.
  4. a single unit or entity.
noun
  1. plural -ads or -ades (-əˌdiːz) philosophy
    • any fundamental singular metaphysical entity, esp if autonomous
    • (in the metaphysics of Leibnitz) a simple indestructible nonspatial element regarded as the unit of which reality consists
    • (in the pantheistic philosophy of Giordano Bruno) a fundamental metaphysical unit that is spatially extended and psychically aware
  2. a single-celled organism, esp a flagellate protozoan
  3. an atom, ion, or radical with a valency of one
Monad (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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