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A chronoscope.

An instrument for noting minute portions of time.

erson or thing; a wrong or inapplicable name or title. Many of the changes, by a great misnomer, called parliamentary "reforms". Burke. The word "synonym" is fact a misnomer. Whatel

A duel; single combat. "The duello or monomachia." Sir W. Scott.

One who fights in single combat; a duelist.

A monomaniac. [R.]

Derangement of the mind in regard of a single subject only; also, such a concentration of interest upon one particular subject or train of ideas to show mental derangement.

A person affected by monomania.

Affected with monomania, or partial derangement of intellect; caused by, or resulting from, monomania; as, a monomaniacal delusion.

A monomial.

Composed of solitary parts, as a flower with one sepal, one petal, one stamen, and one pistil.

Consisting of one metal; of or pertaining to monometallism.

The legalized use of one metal only, as gold, or silver, in the standard currency of a country, or as a standard of money values. See Bimetallism.

One who believes in monometallism as opposed to bimetallism, etc.

A rhythmic series, consisting of a single meter.

Same as Isometric.

A single algebraic expression; that is, an expression unconnected with any other by the sign of addition, substraction, equality, or inequality.

Having but a single form; retaining the same form throughout the various stages of development; of the same or of an essentially similar type of structure; -- opposed to dimorphic, trimorphic, and polymorphic.

A form of double monster, in which two individuals are united by a common umbilicus.

An order of lamellibranchs having but one muscle for closing the shell, as the oyster.