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'''Monad''' may refer to: '''Monad''' may refer to:


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==Philosophy== ==Philosophy==
*] a term meaning "unit" used by philosophers to signify a variety of entities from a genus to God. * ], a term meaning "unit"
*], the concept of "one essence" in the metaphysical and theological theory **], the concept of "one essence" in the metaphysical and theological theory
*], the most primal aspect of God in Gnosticism ** ], the most primal aspect of God in Gnosticism
* ''Great Monad'', an older name for the '']'' symbol
*'']'', a book of philosophy by ] in which monads are a basic unit of perceptual reality
*''Monadologia Physica'' by ] * ''Monadologia Physica'', by ]
* '']'', by Gottfried Leibniz, a book about a basic unit of perceptual reality
*''The Cup or Monad'', a text in the ''Corpus ]''
* '' ]'', a 1564 book by John Dee describing a symbol of his own invention

==Mathematics and computer science==

*], a construction in category theory
*], functional programming constructs that capture various notions of computation
*], a 3-term complex
*], describes the set of points infinitely close to a given point.


==Mathematics, science and technology==
==Music==
*], a single note, in contradistinction to a dyad, triad, tetrad, etc. * ], a historical term for a simple unicellular organism
* ], a construction in category theory
* ], functional programming constructs that capture various notions of computation
* ], a 3-term complex
* ], the set of points infinitesimally close to a given point
* ], the code name for the PowerShell command line interface for Microsoft Windows


==Fictional entities==
==Biology==
* Monads, megastructures in Robert Silverberg's 1971 novel '']''
*Monad, a historical used term for a simple ]
* Monad Proxy, a ]
* John Monad, the title character of the 2007 television series '']''
* Monad/Monado, a sword in the 2010 videogame '']''


==Other uses==
==Proper names and popular culture==
* ], a single note or pitch
* John Monad, title character of the television series '']''
* ], in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Monad, a code name for the ] command line interface for Microsoft Windows
* The emblem of the ]
*Monad/Monado, a sword In the videogame ] that allows the user to foresee the future
*Monad Proxy, a character in the anime series '']''
*Monads, megastructures in the novel ] by Robert Silverberg
*"Monad's Anthem", The last track of Cat Stevens' 1975 album ]
*], a window manager for the X Window System


==See also== ==See also==
* ]
*{{lookfrom|Monad}}, for titles starting "Monad" or "Monadic"
*{{intitle|Monad}}
* ] * ]
* ], in abstract algebra
* ], or the "Hieroglyphic Monad", a symbol designed by ]
* {{lookfrom|Monad}}, for titles starting "Monad" or "Monadic"
* {{intitle|Monad}}


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