Monodynamic
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Possessing only one capacity or power. not-comparable
"Monodynamic men, men of a single talent, are rarely misapprehended; men of multitudinous powers, myriad-minded men, to use Coleridge's phrase, almost always."
- 2 Forming a bond with only one other atom. not-comparable
"the atom of iodine is monodynamic in hydriodic acid, where it combines with a single atom of monodynamic hydrogen; tridynamic in terchloride of iodine, where it combines with three monodynamic atoms of chlorine."
Example
More examples"Monodynamic men, men of a single talent, are rarely misapprehended; men of multitudinous powers, myriad-minded men, to use Coleridge's phrase, almost always."
Etymology
From mono- + dynamic.
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