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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.

Of or pertaining to the Monomya. -- n.

Monomyal.

Having but one and the same nature or essence.

Suffering or sensibility in a single organ or function. -- Mon`o*path"ic, a.

Having but one person, or form of existence.

Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous.

Having one the same appearance; having a mutual resemblance.

Single-voiced; having but one part; as, a monophonic composition; -- opposed to Ant: polyphonic.

A single uncompounded vowel sound.

Consisting of, or pertaining to, a monophthong.