monad的词源

英文词源

monad (n.)

"unity, arithmetical unit," 1610s, from Late Latin monas (genitive monadis), from Greek monas "unit," from monos "alone" (see mono-). In Leibnitz's philosophy, "an ultimate unit of being" (1748). Related: Monadic.

中文词源

monad：单子（不可分割的实体）

mon-,单个的，-ad,物理名词后缀，表单个，单元。引申词义单子。

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