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] was a symbol referred by the Greek philosophers as "The First", "The Seed", "The Essence", "The Builder", and "The Foundation"]] | |||
'''Monad''' may refer to: | |||
'''Monad''', Latin for unit, comes from the Greek word ''monos'' or μονάς (from the word μόνος, which means "one", "single", or "unique"), and may refer to: | |||
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*Monad, as a symbol of God or "totality" is known in several philosophical circles: | |||
==Philosophy== | |||
**], the metaphysical and theological view that all is of one essence | |||
* ], a term meaning "unit" | |||
**'']'', a view of monads by Gottfried Leibniz | |||
**], the concept of "one essence" in the metaphysical and theological theory | |||
**], a well known symbol deriving from Chinese culture which represents the principle of yin and yang from Taoist and Neo-Confucian philosophy. | |||
** ], the most primal aspect of God in Gnosticism | |||
* ''Great Monad'', an older name for the '']'' symbol | |||
* ''Monadologia Physica'', by ] | |||
* '']'', by Gottfried Leibniz, a book about a basic unit of perceptual reality | |||
* '' ]'', a 1564 book by John Dee describing a symbol of his own invention | |||
==Mathematics, science and technology== | |||
Other uses of '''Monad''' include: | |||
* ], a historical term for a simple unicellular organism | |||
*], a field in which a ''monad'' describes all numbers infinitesimally close to a given number{{fact}} | |||
*], a |
* ], a construction in category theory | ||
*] |
* ], functional programming constructs that capture various notions of computation | ||
* ], a 3-term complex | |||
*], the symbol for Technocracy Incorporated (and the ]). | |||
* ], the set of points infinitesimally close to a given point | |||
*], |
* ], the code name for the PowerShell command line interface for Microsoft Windows | ||
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==Fictional entities== | ||
* Monads, megastructures in Robert Silverberg's 1971 novel '']'' | |||
*] | |||
* Monad Proxy, a ] | |||
*] | |||
* John Monad, the title character of the 2007 television series '']'' | |||
*] | |||
* Monad/Monado, a sword in the 2010 videogame '']'' | |||
*] | |||
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==Other uses== | |||
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* ], a single note or pitch | |||
* ], in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, India | |||
* The emblem of the ] | |||
==See also== | |||
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* ], in abstract algebra | |||
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* {{lookfrom|Monad}}, for titles starting "Monad" or "Monadic" | |||
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* {{intitle|Monad}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 15:15, 27 August 2024
Monad may refer to:
Philosophy
- Monad (philosophy), a term meaning "unit"
- Monism, the concept of "one essence" in the metaphysical and theological theory
- Monad (Gnosticism), the most primal aspect of God in Gnosticism
- Great Monad, an older name for the taijitu symbol
- Monadologia Physica, by Immanuel Kant
- La Monadologie, by Gottfried Leibniz, a book about a basic unit of perceptual reality
- Monas Hieroglyphica, a 1564 book by John Dee describing a symbol of his own invention
Mathematics, science and technology
- Monad (biology), a historical term for a simple unicellular organism
- Monad (category theory), a construction in category theory
- Monad (functional programming), functional programming constructs that capture various notions of computation
- Monad (homological algebra), a 3-term complex
- Monad (nonstandard analysis), the set of points infinitesimally close to a given point
- Monad shell, the code name for the PowerShell command line interface for Microsoft Windows
Fictional entities
- Monads, megastructures in Robert Silverberg's 1971 novel The World Inside
- Monad Proxy, a character in the 2006 anime series Ergo Proxy
- John Monad, the title character of the 2007 television series John from Cincinnati
- Monad/Monado, a sword in the 2010 videogame Xenoblade Chronicles
Other uses
- Monad (music), a single note or pitch
- Monad University, in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, India
- The emblem of the technocracy movement
See also
- Monade
- Monadic (disambiguation)
- Monoid, in abstract algebra
- All pages with titles beginning with Monad, for titles starting "Monad" or "Monadic"
- All pages with titles containing Monad
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