Monophonic

Definition: Monophonic

Monophonic

Adjective

1. (electronics) designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel.

2. (music) consisting of a single melodic line.

Etymology: Monophonic \Mon`o*phon"ic\, adjective. [Mono- Greek expression voice.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Monophonic

Synonyms: mono (adj), single-channel (adj). (additional references)

Antonym: polyphonic (adj). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Monophonic

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Monophonic can mean:

In music, music that has only a single melody playing at any given time; see monophony. Compare: homophonic, polyphonic.
In recorded audio, a recording with only one channel. Compare: stereophonic, quadrophonic.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Monophonic."

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Crosswords: Monophonic

English words defined with "monophonic": monophonic music. (references)

Specialty definitions using "monophonic": single channel mode, sound in syncs. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Monophonic

Domain	Title
Books	Monophonic Lauda and the Lay Religious Confraternities of Tuscany and Umbria in the Late Middle Ages (Early Drama Art and Music Monograph Serno. 10) (reference) The Monophonic Songs in the Roman De Fauvel (reference) (more book examples)
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Usage Frequency: Monophonic

"Monophonic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Monophonic" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	10	111,207

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Monophonic

Expression using "monophonic": monophonic music. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Monophonic

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
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Modern Translation: Monophonic

Language		Translations for "monophonic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		mono- (mono). (various references)

Dutch		monoraal (mono), monofonisch (mono). (various references)

Finnish		mono- (mono). (various references)

French		monophonique (monaural, mono), mono (mono), monaural (monaural, mono). (various references)

German		monophonisch, mono (mono), monaural (mono). (various references)

Greek		μονοωτικός (mono), μονοφωνικός (mono). (various references)

Italian		monofonico (mono), monoaurale (mono). (various references)

Pig Latin		onophonicmay

Serbo-Croatian		monofoničan (mono). (various references)

Spanish		monofónico (mono). (various references)

Swedish		mono (mono). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Monophonic

Derivations
	Words beginning with "monophonic": monophonically. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Monophonic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: miniphone, monophasic, monophones, monopsonist, Zonophone. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Monophonic"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "monophonic" (pronounced mÄ'nufÄ"nik)
6	-u f Ä" n i k	allophonic, polyphonic, telephonic.
5	-f Ä" n i k	phonic, symphonic.
4	-Ä" n i k	avionic, bubonic, catatonic, chronic, conic, demonic, diatonic, electronic, embryonic, ganglionic, gnomonic, harmonic, hedonic, hegemonic, histrionic, hydroponic, hypersonic, hypertonic, ionic, ironic, isoelectronic, isotonic, laconic, leptonic, masonic, microelectronic, mnemonic, nucleonic, ovonic, pharaonic, philharmonic, planktonic, platonic, plutonic, pneumonic, sardonic, sonic, supersonic, synchronic, tectonic, tonic, ultrasonic.
3	-n i k	arsenic, beatnik, botanic, calisthenic, carcinogenic, clinic, cynic, Dominick, ethnic, eugenic, galvanic, germanic, hallucinogenic, inorganic, kibbutznik, manic, mechanic, messianic, monoclinic, multiethnic, neotenic, oceanic, organic, orogenic, panic, pathogenic, photogenic, polytechnic, psychogenic, pyrotechnic, refusenik, satanic, scenic, schizophrenic, splenic, Sputnik, technic, telegenic, Titanic, transgenic, transoceanic, tunic, tympanic, volcanic.
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Anagrams: Monophonic

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-h-i-m-n-n-o-o-o-p"
	-2 letters: nonohmic.
	-4 letters: chopin, noncom, phonic, phonon, poncho.
	-5 letters: chimp, chino, chomp, compo, conin, mooch, nomoi, ohmic, onion, oomph, phono, pinch, pinon, pooch.
	Words containing the letters "c-h-i-m-n-n-o-o-o-p"
	+3 letters: pathognomonic.
	+4 letters: monophonically.
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