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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In ancient prosody, consisting in or equal to a single semeion (mora or unit of time); equivalent to or constituting an ordinary or normal short; monochronous: as, a monosemic arsis; a monosemic pause. See disemic, trisemic.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to monosemy.

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  • A more widely used terminology today distinguishes monosemic and polysemic words.

    On simplifying English DC 2007

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