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  • 21Monad (music) — Monad example, the note A . In music, a monad is a single note or pitch.[1] The Western chromatic scale, for example, is composed of twelve monads. Monads are contrasted to dyads, groups of two notes, triads, groups of three, and so on …

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  • 22Monad deme — Monad Mon ad, n. [L. monas, adis, a unit, Gr. ?, ?, fr. mo nos alone.] 1. An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible. [1913 Webster] 2. (Philos. of Leibnitz) The elementary and indestructible units which… …

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  • 23Monad (functional programming) — In functional programming, a monad is a programming structure that represents computations. Monads are a kind of abstract data type constructor that encapsulate program logic instead of data in the domain model. A defined monad allows the… …

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  • 24Monad (category theory) — For the uses of monads in computer software, see monads in functional programming. In category theory, a branch of mathematics, a monad, Kleisli triple, or triple is an (endo )functor, together with two natural transformations. Monads are used in …

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  • 25Monad transformer — In functional programming, a monad transformer is a type constructor which takes a monad as an argument and returns a monad as a result. Monad transformers can be used to compose features encapsulated by monads such as state, exception handling,… …

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  • 26Monad (Gnosticism) — The Monad in early Christian gnostic writings is an adaption of concepts of the Monad in Greek philosophy to Christian gnostic belief systems. The term monad comes from the Greek feminine noun monas (nominative singular, μονάς), one unit, where… …

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  • 27Monad (Technocracy) — infobox Organization name = Technocracy Incorporated image border = size = 70px caption = The Technocracy Monad, representing balance, is the official symbol of Technocracy, Inc. msize = mcaption = abbreviation = TechInc motto = formation = 1933… …

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  • 28Monad (non-standard analysis) — In non standard analysis, a monad (also called halo[1]) is the set of points infinitely close to a given point. Given a hyperreal number x in R*, the monad of x is the set See also Infinitesimal Notes ^ …

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  • 29monad — noun a) An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible. b) A monoid in the category of endofunctors. See Also: monadic …

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  • 30monad — 1. A univalent element or radical. 2. A unicellular organism. 3. In meiosis, the single chromosome derived from a tetrad after the first and second maturation divisions. [G. monas, the number one, unity] * * * mo·nad …

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