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mon⋅o⋅phon⋅ic

[mon-uh-fon-ik]
–adjective
1. Music. of or pertaining to monophony.
2. Also, monaural, mono. of or noting a system of sound recording and reproduction using only a single channel.


Origin:
1880–85; monophon(y) + -ic


mon⋅o⋅phon⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
mon·o·phon·ic   (mŏn'ə-fŏn'ĭk)   
adj.  
  1. Music Having a single melodic line.
  2. Electronics Relating to a system of transmitting, recording, or reproducing sound in which one or more sources are connected to a single channel; monaural.
mon'o·phon'i·cal·ly adv.

Monophonic

Mon`o*phon"ic\, a. [Mono- + Gr. ? a voice.] (Mus.) Single-voiced; having but one part; as, a monophonic composition; -- opposed to polyphonic.

monophonic 
of recordings, broadcasts, etc., "having only one output signal," 1958, coined to be an opposite of stereophonic (q.v.).
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