Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Monatomic

Monatomic , adverb

[Mon- + atomic.]

(a)
(Chemistry) Consisting of, or containing, one atom; as, the molecule of mercury is monatomic.
(b)
(Chemistry) Having the equivalence or replacing power of an atom of hydrogen; univalent; as, the methyl radical is monatomic.