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Monad vs Polyad - What's the difference?

monad | polyad |

Monad is a see also of polyad.


As nouns the difference between monad and polyad

is that monad is an ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible while polyad is a group consisting of an indeterminate number of things or people.

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

    Anagrams

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    polyad

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia polyad) (en noun)
  • A group consisting of an indeterminate number of things or people.

    • See also

    * monad * dyad * triad * tetrad * pentad * hexad * heptad * octad * nonad * decad * See also