Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A film or layer of a compound one molecule thick.
  • noun A layer of cells one cell thick, grown in a culture.

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  • noun chemistry A layer of material that is one molecule thick
  • noun biology A layer of tissue that is one cell thick

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Examples

  • Long-term monolayer culture protocol of human stem cells using human recombinant laminin-511

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2010

  • Long-term monolayer culture protocol of human stem cells using human recombinant laminin-511

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2010

  • So a layer of 1 nm, not 1 m – more like it. a molecular monolayer, as one would expect on a cold vacuum chamber.

    Water Ice Found on Moon's North Pole | Universe Today 2010

  • My guess is that it is still a monolayer, but spread out as monolayers do on the physical micro-surface area, which in the case of regolith, is much larger than the geometrical area.

    Water Ice Found on Moon's North Pole | Universe Today 2010

  • Imaging neurons and glia in culture has traditionally been preferred over more intact preparations because of the greater transparency of monolayer cultures.

    NIH Public Access - Seeing Circuits Assemble William Harryman 2009

  • Eli, at a pressure of 10-6 torr, you get a new monolayer in about a second.

    Rabett Run EliRabett 2009

  • Not ridiculous US amounts of ice ice with a splash of beverage but just a monolayer on the top.

    Archive 2007-06-01 C N Heidelberg 2007

  • Pap Controversy: Here in the United States, the standard of care when screening for cervical cancer is to use a “monolayer” method.

    Archive 2003-04-01 2003

  • That means that far fewer cells were placed in suspension for the monolayer method than were placed on the slides for conventional evaluation.

    Archive 2003-04-01 2003

  • That means that far fewer cells were placed in suspension for the monolayer method than were placed on the slides for conventional evaluation.

    Medpundit 2003

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