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A '''monad''' is a [[highly entropic being]] found primarily in the {{f|Moon Stair}}, although it can occasionally also be found deep underground. Despite their high [[level]] and [[HP]], '''monads''' are nearly harmless, being almost incapable of dealing damage except when spawned in a [[psychic biome]]. | A '''monad''' is a [[highly entropic beings|highly entropic being]] found primarily in the {{f|Moon Stair}}, although it can occasionally also be found deep underground. Despite their high [[level]] and [[HP]], '''monads''' are nearly harmless, being almost incapable of dealing damage except when spawned in a [[psychic biome]]. | ||
==Trivia== | |||
The word "monad" (from ancient Greek *monas*, "unity"; compare "dyad" and "triad") has a variety of meanings. | |||
* In philosophy, [[wikipedia:Monad (philosophy)|monad]] refers to a basic or original substance or object. In some interpretations, the Monad is a particular way of conceiving God. The term is particularly associated with Gottfried Leibniz, whose treatise *Monadology* argues that all truly real objects are mind-like, singular monads which ultimately derive from God. | |||
* In category theory, a branch of mathematics, a [[wikipedia:Monad (category theory)|monad]] is an object M which maps a category to itself in such a way that multiple applications of M can be "collapsed" down to a single application of M; formally, a monoid in the category of endofunctors. | |||
* In computer science, a [[wikipedia:Monad (functional programming)|monad]] is a structure of types which can be used to wrap and compose computations, particularly in functional programming. Its name and concept derive from the category-theoretic term, as it can be described by a category-theoretic monad with a certain choice of category. Monads are most commonly associated with the functional programming language Haskell, but have seen use in other languages either explicitly or in spirit. | |||
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