monadic

/ mɒˈnædɪk /

adjective

1. being or relating to a monad
2. logic maths (of an operator, predicate, etc) having only a single argument place

Example Sentences

The aphorism is defined by its monadic quality, its obtuse resistance to being teased or elaborated.

From The New Yorker

I know not whether there is possibility of change and motion, or whether we are all stranded within one monadic unity; but when I ask Where doth the black king stand, and where the cabin, and where the ship in motion? then do change and motion disappear: for what is flight, if you cannot approach safety?

From Literature

This American premiere from the Polish company Teatr ZAR reflects — with the help of Anatolian monadic chants — on the annihilation of nearly 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 1915.

From New York Times

Disputing with her lover and herself, Björk—or multiple Björks in overdub—often sings each melodic line as a monadic unit that may or may not relate to the previous or the next: “one. feeling. at a. time,” as she dissects it in the second track, “Lionsong.”

From Slate

“God Himself,” continued Mr. Sharpe, oblivious, his eyes fluttering, “engaged in all this vast commerce, this destruction and use ... Triune overseer of this one, monadic, universal oeconomy: at once Investor, Capital, and Profit.... He who invested His only begotten Son for the gain of all... He who ... instilled in us ... our individual desires ...” Mr. Gitney had sagged to the floor, his mouth opening and closing.

From Literature