Associations to the word «Monophonic»

Wiktionary

MONOPHONIC, adjective. (of sound reproduction) having a single channel; monaural (compare stereophonic)
MONOPHONIC, adjective. (music) having a single melodic line and no harmony (compare polyphonic)
MONOPHONIC, adjective. (orthography) having simple one-to-one mapping between letters and phonemes

Dictionary definition

MONOPHONIC, adjective. Designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel.
MONOPHONIC, adjective. Consisting of a single melodic line.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope