monophonic
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əˈfɒn
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| —adj | |
| 1. | Compare stereophonic Also: monaural, Sometimes shortened to: mono (of a system of broadcasting, recording, or reproducing sound) using only one channel between source and loudspeaker |
| 2. | music See also monody of or relating to a style of musical composition consisting of a single melodic line |
| monophony | |
| —n | |
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Monophonic
is always a great word to know.
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| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Word Origin & History
monophonic
of recordings, broadcasts, etc., "having only one output signal," 1958, coined to be an opposite of stereophonic (q.v.).
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Identify monophonic, homophonic, and polyphonic textures.
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