Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Mathematics An algebraic expression consisting of only one term.
- n. Biology A taxonomic name consisting of a single word.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In algebra, consisting of only one term, and not of several added together.
- In zoology and botany, same as mononomial.
- n. In algebra, an expression or quantity consisting of a single term. See binomial. Also monome.
Wiktionary
- adj. Relative to an algebraic expression consisting of one term.
- n. mathematics A single term consisting of a product of variables with positive integer exponents.
- n. mathematics A single term consisting of a product of numbers and variables with positive integer exponents.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Alg.) A single algebraic expression; that is, an expression unconnected with any other by the sign of addition, substraction, equality, or inequality.
- adj. (Alg.) Consisting of but a single term or expression.
Etymologies
- Syncopic form of mononomial. (Wiktionary)
- mon(o)- + (bin)omial. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“A _monomial_ in algebra is a quantity which consists of a _single term_.”
Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois
“= 15-15t = 30 you then subtract the 15 that is on its own to eliminate the monomial.”
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