What does "monadic" mean?

of, relating to, or being a monad

What is a synonym for "monadic"?

Common synonyms include: any, atomic, certain, either, exclusive, individual.

Monadic

adj

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Adjective

1
of, relating to, or being a monad not-comparable
"We can refuse to view each of these areas as distinct and monadic categories of identity and we can refuse to study them in isolation from one another."
2
univalent not-comparable
3
of or relating to the Monas genus of microorganisms not-comparable
4
having an arity of one (taking a single argument or operand) not-comparable
""The monadic existential quantifier ∃, as in ∃x, may express existence of x in formal logic or mathematics"."

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any atomic certain either exclusive individual

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"We can refuse to view each of these areas as distinct and monadic categories of identity and we can refuse to study them in isolation from one another."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μοναδικός (monadikós, “single”), from μονάς (monás, “a unit”); see monad. By surface analysis, monad + -ic.

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