- monophonic
- adjective Date: circa 1864 1. having a single unaccompanied melodic line 2. of or relating to sound transmission, recording, or reproduction involving a single transmission path • monophonically adverb
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Monophonic — Mon o*phon ic, a. [Mono + Gr. ? a voice.] 1. (Mus.) Single voiced; having but one part; as, a monophonic composition; opposed to {polyphonic}. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or relating to a system for recording and reproducing sound, which has only one… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Monophonic — may refer to: Monaural, a sound recording with only one channel Monophony, musical texture that consists of a single melodic line Monophonic (synthesizers), a synthesizer capable of sounding only one voice, or note, at a time This disambiguation… … Wikipedia
monophonic — (adj.) of recordings, broadcasts, etc., not stereo, having only one output signal, 1958, coined to be an opposite of STEREOPHONIC (Cf. stereophonic); from MONO (Cf. mono ) + phonic, from Gk. phone sound, voice (see FAME (Cf. fame) (n.)) … Etymology dictionary
monophonic — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of sound reproduction) using only one transmission channel. Compare with STEREOPHONIC(Cf. ↑stereophony) … English terms dictionary
monophonic — [män΄ō fän′ik, män΄əfän′ik] adj. 1. of, or having the nature of, monophony 2. designating or of sound reproduction using a single channel to carry and reproduce sounds through one or more loudspeakers … English World dictionary
Monophonic (synthesizers) — Monophonic, with respect to synthesizers, refers to the ability to only sound one note, or voice, at a time.ee also* Duophonic * Polyphonic … Wikipedia
Monophonic synthesizer — A monophonic synthesizer or monosynth is a synthesizer that produces only one note at a time, making it smaller and cheaper than a polysynth, a synthesizer which can play multiple notes at once; most later synthesizers are polysynths. Well known… … Wikipedia
monophonic recording — monofoninis įrašymas statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. monophonic recording vok. Monoaufzeichnung, f rus. монофоническая запись, f pranc. enregistrement monophonique, m … Radioelektronikos terminų žodynas
monophonic record — monofoninė plokštelė statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. monophonic record vok. Monoplatte, f rus. монофоническая грампластинка, f pranc. disque monophonique, m … Radioelektronikos terminų žodynas
monophonic music — noun music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment) • Syn: ↑monophony, ↑monody • Ant: ↑polyphonic music, ↑polyphony (for: ↑monophony) • … Useful english dictionary
