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[Gr. monastikos = living in solitude.] A book giving an account of monasteries, convents, and other religious houses; as, Dugdale's Monastic on Anglicanum. mon-a-tom-ic, adj. [Prefix mon-, and English atomic.] Containing one atom. monatomic-alcohol, s. Chem.: An alcohol containing only one atom of replaceable hydrogen, in the oxatylic portion of the radical. monatomic-element, s. Chem.: An element containing one monatomic molecule. The monatomic elements are mercury, cadmium, and zinc.