monad
英 ['mɒnæd; 'məʊ-]
美['mɑnæd]
- n. 单子；单孢体；单细胞生物；一价物；单轴
中文词源
monad 单子（不可分割的实体）
mon-,单个的，-ad,物理名词后缀，表单个，单元。引申词义单子。
英英释意
- 1. an atom having a valence of one
- 2. a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive
英文词源
- monad (n.)
- "unity, arithmetical unit," 1610s, from Late Latin monas (genitive monadis), from Greek monas "unit," from monos "alone" (see mono-). In Leibnitz's philosophy, "an ultimate unit of being" (1748). Related: Monadic.