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monotomous

monotomous adjective: having a distinct cleavage in a single direction.

Adjective

monotomous (not comparable)

  1. Having a distinct cleavage in a single direction.
    • monotomous cleavage

Origin of monotomous

From mono- + -tomous.

Questions about monotomous

What does monotomous mean?
Monotomous means having a distinct cleavage in a single direction.
What part of speech is monotomous?
Monotomous is an adjective.

Words near monotomous in the dictionary

  1. monotokous
  2. monotoky
  3. monotome
  4. monotomid
  5. monotomids
  6. monotomous
  7. monotonal
  8. monotonality
  9. monotonally
  10. monotone
  11. monotone convergence theorem

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