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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
mon·atom·ic
 \\ˌmä-nə-ˈtä-mik\\ adjective
 DATE  1848
: consisting of one atom; especially : having but one atom in the molecule
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
mon·atomic
\|män, |mōn+\ adjective
Etymology: mon- + atomic
1. 
 a. : consisting of one atom : having one atom in the molecule :
atomic
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  < helium is a monatomic gas >
  monatomic metals >
 b. : having a thickness equal to the diameter of a constituent atom
  < a monatomic layer of cesium >
2. : 
univalent
3. : having one replaceable atom or radical
 monatomic alcohols >

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