Associations to the word «Monolithic»

Wiktionary

MONOLITHIC, adjective. Of or resembling a monolith.
MONOLITHIC, adjective. Having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation.
MONOLITHIC, adjective. (computing) (said of an operating system's kernel) consisting of a single program using a single memory-addressing space

Dictionary definition

MONOLITHIC, adjective. Imposing in size or bulk or solidity; "massive oak doors"; "Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental scale".
MONOLITHIC, adjective. Characterized by massiveness and rigidity and total uniformity; "a monolithic society"; "a monolithic worldwide movement".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats