Mon`o*chla*myd"e*ous (?), a. [Mono- + Gr. &?;, &?;, cloak: cf. F.
monochlamydé.] (Bot.) Having a single floral envelope, that is, a calyx
without a corolla, or, possibly, in rare cases, a corolla without a
calyx.
Mon"o*chord (?), n. [L. monochordon, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; with but one
string; &?; only, single + &?; string: cf. F. monocorde. See Chord, and
cf. Mainchord.] (Mus.) An instrument for experimenting upon the
mathematical relations of musical sounds. It consists of a single
string stretched between two bridges, one or both of which are movable,
and which stand upon a graduated rule for the purpose of readily
changing and measuring the length of the part of the string between
them.
Mon`o*chro*mat"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. monochromatique. See Monochrome.]
Consisting of one color, or presenting rays of light of one color only.
Monochromatic lamp (Opt.),a lamp whose flame yields rays of some one
homogenous light. It is of great importance in optical experiments.
Mon"o*chrome (?), n. [Gr. &?; of one color; mo`nos single + &?; color:
cf. F. monochrome.] A painting or drawing in a single color; a picture
made with a single color.
Mon`o*chro"mic (?), a. Made, or done, with a single color; as, a
monochromic picture.
Mon"o*chro`my (?), n. The art of painting or drawing in monochrome.
Mon`o*chron"ic (?), a. [Mono- + Gr. &?; time.] Existing at the same
time; contemporaneous.
Mon`o*cil"i*a`ted (?), a. [Mono- + ciliated.] (Biol.) Having but one
cilium.
Mon"o*cle (?), n. [F. See Monocular.] An eyeglass for one eye.
Simmonds.
Mon`o*cli"nal (?), a. [See Monoclinic.] (Geol.) Having one oblique
inclination; -- applied to strata that dip in only one direction from
the axis of elevation.
Mon"o*cline (?), n. (Geol.) A monoclinal fold.
Mon`o*clin"ic (?), a. [Mono- + Gr. &?; to incline.] (Crystallog.)
Having one oblique intersection; -- said of that system of
crystallization in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but at
right angles to the other, lateral axis. See Crystallization.
Mo*noc"li*nous (?), a. [Mono- + Gr. &?; couch, fr. &?; to lie down: cf.
F. monocline.] (Bot.) Hermaphrodite, or having both stamens and pistils
in every flower.
||Mon`o*con"dy*la (?), n. pl. [NL. See Mono-, and Condyle.] (Zoöl.) A
||group of vertebrates, including the birds and reptiles, or those that
||have only one occipital condyle; the Sauropsida.
Mon"o*co*tyl (?), n. (Bot.) Any monocotyledonous plant.
Mon"o*co*tyle (?), a. [Cf. F. monocotyle.] (Bot.) Monocotyledonous.
Mon`o*cot`y*le"don (?), n. [Mono- + cotyledon: cf. F. monocotylédone.]
(Bot.) A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed lobe.
The plural, monocotyledons, is used as the name of a large class of
plants, and is generally understood to be equivalent to the term
endogens.
Mon`o*cot`y*le"don*ous (?), a. [Cf. F. monocotylédoné.] (Bot.) Having
only one cotyledon, seed lobe, or seminal leaf. Lindley.
Mo*noc"ra*cy (?), n. [Mono- + -cracy, as in democracy.] Government by a
single person; undivided rule. Sydney Smith.
Mon"o*crat (?), n. [Cf. Gr. &?; ruling alone.] One who governs alone.
Mon`o*crot"ic (?), a. (Physiol.) Of, pertaining to, or showing,
monocrotism; as, a monocrotic pulse; a pulse of the monocrotic type.
Mo*noc"ro*tism (?), n. [Gr. mo`nos alone + &?; a beating.] (Physiol.)
That condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve or sphygmogram
shows but a single crest, the dicrotic elevation entirely disappearing.
Mo*noc"u*lar (?), a. [L. monoculus; Gr. mo`nos single + L. oculus eye:
cf. F. monoculaire.] 1. Having only one eye; with one eye only; as,
monocular vision.
2. Adapted to be used with only one eye at a time; as, a monocular
microscope.
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Mon"o*cule (mn"*kl), n. [See Monocular.] (Zoöl.) A small crustacean
with one median eye.
Mo*noc"u*lous (?), a. Monocular. Glanvill.
Mon`o*cys"tic (?), a. [See Mono- , and Cyst.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining
to a division (Monocystidea) of Gregarinida, in which the body consists
of one sac.
Mon`o*dac"tyl*ous (?), a. [Gr. monoda`ktylos; mo`nos single + da`ktylos
finger: cf. F. monodactyle.] (Zoöl.) Having but one finger or claw.
{ Mon"o*delph (?), Mon`o*del"phi*an (?), } n. (Zoöl.) One of the
Monodelphia.
||Mon`o*del"phi*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + delfy`s the
||womb.] (Zoöl.) The group that includes all ordinary or placental
||mammals; the Placentalia. See Mammalia.
{ Mon`o*del"phic (?), Mon`o*del"phous (?), } a. (Zoöl.) Of or
pertaining to the Monodelphia.
{ Mo*nod"ic (?), Mo*nod"ic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;.] 1. Belonging to a
monody.
2. (Mus.) (a) For one voice; monophonic. (b) Homophonic; -- applied to
music in which the melody is confined to one part, instead of being
shared by all the parts as in the style called polyphonic.
Mon`o*di*met"ric (?), a. [Mono- + dimetric.] (Crystallog.) Dimetric.
Mon"o*dist (?), n. A writer of a monody.
{ Mon"o*dra`ma (?), Mon"o*drame (?), } n. [Mono- + Gr. &?; drama.] A
drama acted, or intended to be acted, by a single person.
Mon`o*dra*mat"ic (?), a. Pertaining to a monodrama.
Mon"o*dy (?), n.; pl. Monodies (#). [L. monodia, Gr. &?;, fr. &?;
singing alone; mo`nos single + &?; song: cf. F. monodie. See Ode.] A
species of poem of a mournful character, in which a single mourner
expresses lamentation; a song for one voice.
Mon`o*dy*nam"ic (?), a. [Mono- + dynamic.] Possessing but one capacity
or power. "Monodynamic men." De Quincey.
Mon`o*dy"na*mism (?), n. The theory that the various forms of activity
in nature are manifestations of the same force. G. H. Lewes.
||Mo*nœ"ci*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + &?; house.]
||(Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants, whose stamens and pistils are in
||distinct flowers in the same plant.
Mo*nœ"cian (?), a. 1. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Monœcia;
monœcious. -- n. One of the Monœcia.