monaster

See also: Monaster

English

Etymology

From mon- +‎ aster.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)

Noun

monaster (plural monasters)

1. 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).

Anagrams

• Martones, Morantes, Sarmento, Stanmore, artemons, monstera, monteras, nearmost, onstream, storeman, tone arms, tonearms

Polish

Alternative forms

• monastyr

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔˈnas.tɛr/

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• Rhymes: -astɛr
• Syllabification: mo‧nas‧ter
• Homophone: Monaster

Noun

monaster m inan

1. (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^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “monaster”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French monastère.

Noun

monaster m (plural monastere)

1. (dated) monastery

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	monaster	monasterul
genitive-dative	monaster	monasterului
vocative	monasterule