Definition of Monoatomic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to an element consisting of a single atom. "Helium and argon are monatomic gases"

Exact synonyms: Monatomic
Partainyms: Atom, Atom

Definition of Monoatomic

1. Adjective. (alternative form of monatomic) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Monoatomic

monoaminosaccharides
monoaminuria
monoamniotic
monoandry
monoanionic
monoaromatic
monoaromatics
monoarsenide
monoarthritis
monoarticular
monoaryl
monoarylated
monoarylation
monoarylations
monoatomic (current term)
monoautochronic
monoauxotroph
monoaxial
monobactam
monobactams
monobasic
monobasic acid
monobasic ammonium phosphate
monobenzone
monobjective binocular microscope
monoblast
monoblastic leukemia
monobloc

Literary usage of Monoatomic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Medical Student's Manual of Chemistry by Rudolph August Witthaus (1902)
"monoatomic, OB MONOHYDRIC ALCOHOLS. Beginning with the third member of the ... Other monoatomic alcohols yield on oxidation, not an aldehyde or an acid, ..."

2. Conservation Laws by Benjamin Crowell (2003)
"For simplicity, we assume that the gas is monoatomic (ie, each molecule has only one ... [monoatomic ideal gas] LJ LJ 2 The quantity mv^ i is twice the ..."

3. The Chemical Gazette, Or, Journal of Practical Chemistry, in All Its by William Francis, Henry Croft (1858)
"From the monoatomic alcohols, ra m 0° 1 . ... monoatomic radicals C2 H3 ... (also monoatomic) C4 H3 C4 HO2 C° Hs C5 H3 O2 ..."

4. General Medical Chemistry: For the Use of Practitioners of Medicine by Rudolph August Witthaus (1881)
"150) that the primary monoatomic alcohols contain the group of atoms (CH. ... The constitution of the glycols and their relations to the monoatomic alcohols ..."

5. The Chemist: A Monthly Journal of Chemical and Physical Science (1846)
"These result from the union of several equivalents of metal and oxygen, or rather from several equivalents, of monoatomic bases, which, being superposed, ..."

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