mon

4 definitions found

mon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mono- \Mon"o-\, Mon- \Mon-\ [Gr. ?.]
     A prefix signifying one, single, alone; as, monocarp,
     monopoly; (Chem.) indicating that a compound contains one
     atom, one radical, or one group of that to the name of which
     it is united; as, monoxide, monosulphide, monatomic, etc.
     [1913 Webster]

  Mon \Mon\ (m[o^]n), n. [Jap., usually translated as crest.]
     (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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

  Mon- \Mon-\
     Same as Mono-.
     [1913 Webster]

mon - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Mon
      n 1: the second day of the week; the first working day [syn:
           Monday, Mon]
      2: a member of a Buddhist people living in Myanmar and adjacent
         parts of Thailand
      3: the Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Mon