monas

American  

[mon-as, moh-nas] / ˈmɒn æs, ˈmoʊ næs /

noun

plural

monades

1. monad.

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monas British  

/ ˈməʊ-, ˈmɒnæs /

noun

1. another word for monad monad

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Etymology

Origin of monas

< Late Latin < Greek monás; monad

Example Sentences

The Spaniards called them “monas coloradas;” but they are generally known as howling monkeys.

From Project Gutenberg

The unity which sunders itself into the multiplicity of things may be called the monas monadum, each thing being a monas or self-existent, living being, a universe in itself.

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It can neither be compared with the microscopic organism classed once among polygastric infusoria, and now regarded as vegetable and ranked among algae; nor is it quite the monas of the Peripatetics.

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