monodynamic

monodynamic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mender.
Proto-Hellenic *mónwos
Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos)
Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der.
English mono-
Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.
Proto-Hellenic *dunamai
Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)
Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis)
Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)
Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)lbor.
French dynamiqueder.
English dynamic
English monodynamic

    From mono- + dynamic.

    Adjective

    monodynamic (not comparable)

    1. Possessing only one capacity or power.
      • 1823, Thomas De Quincey, “Death of a German Great Man”, in London Magazine:
        Monodynamic men, men of a single talent, are rarely misapprehended; men of multitudinous powers, myriad-minded men, to use Coleridge's phrase, almost always.
    2. Forming a bond with only one other atom.
      • 1868, Reports of the Medical Officer of the Privy Council and Local Government, page 155:
        the atom of iodine is monodynamic in hydriodic acid, where it combines with a single atom of monodynamic hydrogen; tridynamic in terchloride of iodine, where it combines with three monodynamic atoms of chlorine.
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