mon

Same as Mono-. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ . [ Gr. &unr_;. ] A prefix signifying one, single, alone; as, monocarp, monopoly; (Chem.) indicating that a compound contains one atom, one radical, or one group of that to the name of which it is united; as, monoxide, monosulphide, monatomic, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ CF. Sp. & Pg. mona, fem. of mono a monkey, ape. ] (Zool.) A small, handsome, long-tailed West American monkey (Cercopithecus mona). The body is dark olive, with a spot of white on the haunches. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. monachus a monk: cf. F. monacal. See Monk. ] Of or pertaining to monks or a monastic life; monastic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. monachisme. ] The system and influences of a monastic life; monasticism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) An acid having one replaceable hydrogen atom.
Syn. -- monoacid. [ PJC ]

a. [ Mon- + acid. ] (Chem.) Having one hydrogen atom replaceable by an acidic atom or radical.
Syn. -- monoacid, monoacidic, monacidic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Capable of neutralizing one equivalent of a monobasic acid; -- said of bases, and of certain metals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. monas, -adis, a unit, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, fr. mo`nos alone. ] 1. An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) One of the smallest flagellate Infusoria; esp., the species of the genus Monas, and allied genera. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Biol.) A simple, minute organism; a primary cell, germ, or plastid. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Monad deme (Biol.), in tectology, a unit of the first order of individuality. [ 1913 Webster ]