1. monostrand - Noun
2. monostrand - Adjective
(engineering, often attributive) An tendon that is composed of a single wire or bar.
(molecular biology, often attributive) A macromolecular structure composed of a single strand (nucleotide chain).
monostrand (not comparable)
(research design) Using only one strand (qualitative or quantitative) of data analysis by converting data that was gathered using the methods of the other strand (converting qualitative data to numerical values, or quantitative data into qualitative descriptions).