monodynamic

adj — 2 senses

monodynamic

adj

Etymology From mono- + dynamic.

1

Possessing only one capacity or power.

  • Monodynamic men, men of a single talent, are rarely misapprehended; men of multitudinous powers, myriad-minded men, to use Coleridge's phrase, almost always.1823, Thomas De Quincey, “Death of a German Great Man”, in London Magazine:
2

Forming a bond with only one other atom.

  • the atom of iodine is monodynamic in hydriodic acid, where it combines with a single atom of monodynamic hydrogen; tridynamic in terchloride of iodine, where it combines with three monodynamic atoms of chlorine.1868, Reports of the Medical Officer of the Privy Council and Local Government, page 155:

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