different between univalent vs monadic

English

Etymology

From uni- +? -valent.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ju?n??ve?l?nt/, /ju??n?v?l?nt/

Adjective

univalent (not comparable)

1. (chemistry) Having an atomic valence of 1, or having only one valence.

   Synonym: monovalent

2. (medicine) Having a vaccine valence of 1.
3. (genetics) Of, or relating to, a chromosome that is not paired with its homologous chromosome during synapsis.
4. (complex analysis, of a (holomorphic) function) (Holomorphic and) injective.

   Synonyms: schlicht, simple

Translations

Noun

univalent (plural univalents)

1. (genetics) Any univalent chromosome.

Romanian

Etymology

From French univalent

Adjective

univalent m or n (feminine singular univalent?, masculine plural univalen?i, feminine and neuter plural univalente)

1. univalent

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