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Monad vs Pentad - What's the difference?

monad | pentad |

As nouns the difference between monad and pentad

is that monad is an ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible while pentad is a group or series of five things.

monad

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.
  • (mathematics, computing) A monoid in the category of endofunctors.
  • A single individual (such as a pollen grain) that is free from others, not united in a group.

    • Related terms

    * monadic

    See also

    * ("monad" on Wikipedia) * dyad * triad

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    pentad

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a group or series of five things
  • (chemistry) Any element, atom, or radical having a valence of five, or which can be combined with, substituted for, or compared with, five atoms of hydrogen or other monad.
    • Nitrogen is a pentad in the ammonium compounds.

    Derived terms

    * pentadic

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