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monad

/ˈmɒnæd/ /ˈmoʊnæd/

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noun

Mónada, átomo último

An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.

Examples :

"While we can't see them, some philosophers believe that consciousness originates from individual, fundamental monads that combine to form our experience. "

Si bien no podemos verlas, algunos filósofos creen que la conciencia se origina en mónadas individuales y fundamentales que se combinan para formar nuestra experiencia.

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noun

Mónada, individuo

A single individual (such as a pollen grain) that is free from others, not united in a group.

Examples :

"The scientist examined the sample and confirmed that each pollen grain was a monad, existing separately and not clustered together. "

El científico examinó la muestra y confirmó que cada grano de polen era una mónada, que existía por separado y no agrupado.

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noun

Objeto mónada

A monoid object in the category of endofunctors of a fixed category.

Examples :

"The programmer defined a monad to model the way data flowed through the different stages of the data processing pipeline. "

El programador definió un objeto mónada para modelar la forma en que los datos fluían a través de las diferentes etapas de la tubería de procesamiento de datos.

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