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monophonic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective monophonic has 2 senses
- monophonic(s = adj.all) mono, single-channel - designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel; Array
- monophonic(a = adj.all) Array - consisting of a single melodic line; Array Derived form noun monophony1
Antonym: polyphonic
CIDE DICTIONARY
monophonic, a. [Mono- + Gr. a voice.].
- Single-voiced; having but one part; as, a monophonic composition; -- opposed to
polyphonic . [1913 Webster] - Of or relating to a system for recording and reproducing sound, which has only one sound channel; also called
monaural ormono . It contrasts withstereophonic (orstereo ),quadraphonic , orsurround-sound , which have two or more channels, and can thus reproduce the effect of the sound coming from more than one direction. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
monophonic, adj.
1 (of sound-reproduction) using only one channel of transmission (cf. STEREOPHONIC).
2 Mus. homophonic.
1 (of sound-reproduction) using only one channel of transmission (cf. STEREOPHONIC).
2 Mus. homophonic.
Derivative
monophonically adv.
Etymology
MONO- + Gk phone sound
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