monic

1. not comparablemathematicsOf a polynomial whose leading coefficient is one.
2. not comparablebiologyMonomorphic.
3. not comparablecategory theoryOf a morphism: that it is a monomorphism.

   If a composition (of morphisms) is monic then, by theorem, the pre-composite of it is monic as well.

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   It is often convenient to view a monic arrow i#58;A#92;rightarrowtailC, defined in Chapter 1, as showing that A is a copy of a part of C, and that i maps the copy on to that part. For example, in Set, the monic arrows are the one-to-one functions and, clearly, if i is one-to-one then A is a copy of a subset of C, namely of the image of i.

   1995, Colin McLarty, “Introduction”, in Elementary Categories, Elementary Toposes, →ISBN, page 5

plural monics

1. A monic polynomial.

1. not comparablehuman sciencesBelonging to the branch of the Austroasiatic language family that includes the Mon language.