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monolithic

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mon⋅o⋅lith⋅ic

  [mon-uh-lith-ik]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to a monolith.
2. made of only one stone: a monolithic column.
3. consisting of one piece; solid or unbroken: a boat with a monolithic hull.
4. constructed of monoliths or huge blocks of stone: the monolithic monuments of the New Stone Age.
5. characterized by massiveness, total uniformity, rigidity, invulnerability, etc.: a monolithic society.
6. Electronics. of or pertaining to an integrated circuit formed in a single chip.
Origin:
1815–25; monolith + -ic

Related forms:
mon⋅o⋅lith⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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mon·o·lith·ic   (mŏn'ə-lĭth'ĭk)   
adj.  

  1. Constituting a monolith: a monolithic sculpture.

  2. Massive, solid, and uniform: the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture.

  3. Constituting or acting as a single, often rigid, uniform whole: a monolithic worldwide movement.

mon'o·lith'i·cal·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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monolithic [mɑnəˈlɪθɪk]

  1. mod.
    heavily drug intoxicated. (Drugs. A play on stoned.) : She's not just stoned, she's monolithic!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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