monaster
See also: Monaster
English
Etymology
mon- + aster
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)
Noun
monaster (plural monasters)
- The single aster formation that forms at the equatorial plate at the end of metaphase in mitosis.
- 1951 November, Shinya Inoué & Katsuma Dan, “Birefringence of the Dividing Cell”, in Journal of Morphology, volume 89, number 3:
- After the encounter of the two pronuclei, one quadrant of the former positive cross of the monaster is missing on the side of the egg pronucleus.
- 2007, Leon P. Bignold, Brian L. D. Coghlan, & Hubertus P.A. Jersmann, David Paul von Hansemann: Contributions to Oncology, →ISBN:
- One finds the longest chromosomes in the vascular epithelial cells if the monaster is well developed (Fig. 24), whilst shortly beforehand (Fig. 15) the chromosomes are still rather short.
- 2012, Gerhard Czihak, The Sea Urchin Embryo: Biochemistry and Morphogenesis, →ISBN, page 179:
- At the same time the middle piece breaks down and releases the centriole, around which egg cytoplasm forms the sperm monaster.
- 2013, J. Gray, A Textbook of Experimental Cytology, →ISBN, page 161:
- Large monasters can be produced in egg cells by a variety of methods; drugs, such as strychnine or chloral hydrate (Hertwig, 1887 ), hypertonic sea water (Morgan, 1896; Wilson,1901;Herlant, 1918),and by mechanical agitation (Boveri, 1903; Painter, 1915).
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Anagrams
- Martones, Morantes, Sarmento, Stanmore, artemons, monstera, monteras, nearmost, onstream, storeman, tone arms, tonearms
Polish
Alternative forms
- monastyr
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔˈnas.tɛr/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -astɛr
- Syllabification: mo‧nas‧ter
- Homophone: Monaster
Noun
monaster m inan
- (Christianity) monastery (traditional name of a monastery in the Eastern Churches)
Declension
Declension of monaster
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | monaster | monastery |
| genitive | monasteru | monasterów |
| dative | monasterowi | monasterom |
| accusative | monaster | monastery |
| instrumental | monasterem | monasterami |
| locative | monasterze | monasterach |
| vocative | monasterze | monastery |
Derived terms
adjectives
- monasterski
- monastyczny
noun
- monastycyzm
Further reading
- monaster in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- monaster in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French monastère.
Noun
monaster m (plural monastere)
- (dated) monastery
Declension
declension of monaster (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) monaster | monasterul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) monaster | monasterului |
| vocative | monasterule | |