1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a monad; existing as a single unit or entity
Usage: philosophical or technical term; rare in everyday usage
2. in logic and mathematics, relating to a predicate or function that takes a single argument
Usage: formal logic and mathematics; technical term

Examples

• The philosopher argued for a monadical view of consciousness.
• In formal logic, a monadical predicate applies to individual objects.
• The monadical structure of the atom was central to early atomic theory.
• Leibniz developed a monadical metaphysics to explain the nature of substance.
• A monadical function in mathematics operates on a single input variable.