1. a single unit or individual thing
Usage: formal
2. in philosophy, an ultimate indivisible unit of being
Usage: philosophy
3. a single-celled organism
Usage: biology

Examples

• Each person can be viewed as a monad in society.
• Leibniz described reality as composed of countless monads.
• The philosopher argued that consciousness itself is a monad.
• Under the microscope, we observed various monads swimming in the water sample.
• The concept of the monad has influenced both metaphysics and mathematics.
• Each monad represents an indivisible point of experience.