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monophonic

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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.
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Origin:
1880–85; monophon(y) + -ic

Related forms:
mon⋅o⋅phon⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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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.
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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.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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