monad means one thing, one being, one item.
monad is pronounced /ˈmɒnæd/.
Why “monad” is a great word
A fundamental, indivisible unit or entity, conceived as a single, simple whole. Its etymology is a descent into solitude: from Latin monas ("unit"), from Ancient Greek μονάς (monás, "unit, singularity"), from μόνος (mónos, "alone, single"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- ("small, isolated"). Unlike the "atom," a now-divisible physical particle, or an "aggregate," a composite collection, a monad is an abstract unity, indivisible in principle. It is the solitary point of light in a darkened room, the single note sustained after the orchestra falls silent, the quiet hum of a consciousness that cannot be broken into smaller selves—each a windowless soul containing the very universe it refuses to acknowledge.
Etymology
From Latin monas (“unit”) (from Ancient Greek μονάς (monás), from μόνος (mónos), from Proto-Indo-European *men-). By surface analysis, mono- + -ad.
noun
- One thing, one being, one item.
- A group of entities or items treated as one entity.
- An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.
- A single individual (such as a pollen grain) that is free from others, not united in a group.
- A single-celled organism. (See Monas.)
- A monoid object in the category of endofunctors of a fixed category.
- A data type which represents a specific form of computation, along with the operations "return" and "bind".e.g.“The properties that make the Maybe type a monad are its type constructor Maybe a, our chaining function (>>?), and the injector function Just.”
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