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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mon-  \Mon-\ 
  Same  as  {Mono-}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mono-  \Mon"o-\,  Mon-  \Mon-\  [Gr.  ?.] 
  A  prefix  signifying  one  single,  alone;  as  monocarp, 
  monopoly;  (Chem.)  indicating  that  a  compound  contains  one 
  atom,  radical,  or  group  of  that  to  the  name  of  which  it  is 
  united;  as  monoxide,  monosulphide,  monatomic,  etc 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mon  \Mon\,  n.  [Jap.]  (Japan) 
  The  badge  of  a  family,  esp.  of  a  family  of  the  ancient  feudal 
  nobility.  The  most  frequent  form  of  the  mon  is  circular,  and 
  it  commonly  consists  of  conventionalized  forms  from  nature, 
  flowers,  birds,  insects,  the  lightnings,  the  waves  of  the 
  sea,  or  of  geometrical  symbolic  figures;  color  is  only  a 
  secondary  character.  It  appears  on  lacquer  and  pottery,  and 
  embroidered  on  or  woven  in  fabrics.  The  imperial 
  chrysanthemum,  the  mon  of  the  reigning  family,  is  used  as  a 
  national  emblem.  Formerly  the  mon  of  the  shoguns  of  the 
  Tokugawa  family  was  so  used 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Mon 
  n  :  the  second  day  of  the  week;  the  first  working  day  [syn:  {Monday}, 
  {Mon}]




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