I shall state the several momenta of the distinction in separate
propositions.
Sir W. Hamilton.
Mom"i*er (?), n. [F. mômier, fr. OF. momer, mommer, to mumm, to mask
one's self.] A name given in contempt to strict Calvinists in
Switzerland, France, and some parts of Germany, in the early part of
the 19th century.
Mom"mer*y (?), n. See Mummery. Rowe.
Mo"mot (?), n. [Momot and motmot, the native American name.] (Zoöl.)
See Motmot.
||Mo"mus (?), n. [Gr. &?; blame, ridicule, Momus.] (Gr. Myth.) The god
||of mockery and censure.
Mon- (?). Same as Mono-.
||Mo"na (?), n. [CF. Sp. & Pg. mona, fem. of mono a monkey, ape.]
||(Zoöl.) A small, handsome, long-tailed West American monkey
||(Cercopithecus mona). The body is dark olive, with a spot of white on
||the haunches.
Mon"a*chal (?), a. [L. monachus a monk: cf. F. monacal. See Monk.] Of
or pertaining to monks or a monastic life; monastic.
Mon"a*chism (?), n. [Cf. F. monachisme.] The system and influences of a
monastic life; monasticism.
Mon*ac"id (?), a. [Mon- + acid.] (Chem.) Having one hydrogen atom
replaceable by a negative or acid atom or radical; capable of
neutralizing a monobasic acid; -- said of bases, and of certain metals.
Mon"ad (?), n. [L. monas, - adis, a unit, Gr. &?;, &?;, fr. mo`nos
alone.] 1. An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something
ultimate and indivisible.
2. (Philos. of Leibnitz) The elementary and indestructible units which
were conceived of as endowed with the power to produce all the changes
they undergo, and thus determine all physical and spiritual phenomena.
3. (Zoöl.) One of the smallest flagellate Infusoria; esp., the species
of the genus Monas, and allied genera.