different between microorganism vs monadic

English

Alternative forms

• micro-organism
• microörganism

Etymology

From micro- +? organism.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ma?.k??????.??n.?.z?m?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ma?.k?o?????.??n.?.z?m?/

Noun

microorganism (plural microorganisms)

1. (microbiology) An organism that is too small to be seen by the unaided eye, especially a single-celled organism, such as a bacterium.

Usage notes

Whether viruses are alive, and thus whether they are microorganisms (microbes), is a matter of variable ontology; the semantic field of the word microorganism is often taken to include viruses in casual or broad terms, but not always in precise terms.

Related terms

• microbe

Translations

See also

• macroorganism

Romanian

Etymology

From French microorganisme.

Noun

microorganism n (plural microorganisme)

1. microorganism

Declension

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (monadikós, “single”), from ????? (monás, “a unit”); see monad.

Adjective

monadic (comparative more monadic, superlative most monadic)

1. (philosophy) of or relating to a monad
2. (chemistry) univalent
3. (biology) of or relating to the Monas genus of microorganisms
4. (mathematics) having an arity of one (taking a single argument or operand)

Derived terms

• monadic predicate logic

Related terms

• monad

Translations

See also

• dyadic
• triadic
• polyadic
• variadic

Further reading

• monadic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• monadic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• coadmin, mandioc, monacid, nomadic