adj
Meaning 1
Of or resembling a monolith.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
monolithic
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adj
Meaning 2
Consisting of a single piece of homogeneous material as opposed to a composite material or an assembly of multiple parts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Examples
- A monolithic chunk of titanium with facets for cutting, wrenching, and prying.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- Mainstream culture is hardly the monolithic block that its caricaturization often implies.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: homogeneous
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Of a single structure, a singular component; instead of an assembly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- Monolithic space stations only have a single station module.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Consisting of a single program or codebase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
Examples
- Monolithic kernels perform all operating system duties in kernel space.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: modular
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
characterized by massiveness and rigidity and total uniformity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a monolithic society
- a monolithic worldwide movement
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
imposing in size or bulk or solidity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- massive oak doors
- Moore's massive sculptures
- the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture
- a monumental scale
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: massive, monumental
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From French monolithique. By surface analysis, monolith + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: маналі́тны (manalítny) — of or resembling a monolith
- Bulgarian: монолитен (monoliten) — of or resembling a monolith
- Catalan: monolític — of or resembling a monolith
- Chinese Mandarin: 巨石 (Jùshí) — of or resembling a monolith
- Chinese Mandarin: 一块石头似的 — of or resembling a monolith
- Dutch: monolithisch — of or resembling a monolith
- Finnish: monoliittinen — of or resembling a monolith
- French: monolithique — of or resembling a monolith
- German: monolithisch — of or resembling a monolith
- Greek: μονολιθικός (monolithikós) — of or resembling a monolith
- Irish: monailiteach — of or resembling a monolith
- Japanese: 一枚岩の (ichimaiiwa no) — of or resembling a monolith
- Portuguese: monolítico — of or resembling a monolith
- Russian: моноли́тный (monolítnyj) — of or resembling a monolith
- Spanish: monolítico — of or resembling a monolith
- Ukrainian: монолі́тний (monolítnyj) — of or resembling a monolith
- Belarusian: маналі́тны (manalítny) — having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation
- Bulgarian: монолитен (monoliten) — having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation
- Catalan: monolític — having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation
- Chinese Mandarin: 整體 /整体一統 /一统 (zhěngtǐ) — having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation
- Chinese Mandarin: 坚如磐石的 — having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation
- Dutch: monolithisch — having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation
- Finnish: monoliittinen — having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation
- French: monolithique — having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation
- German: monolithisch — having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation
- Irish: monailiteach — having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation
- Japanese: 一枚岩の (ichimaiiwa no) — having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation
- Russian: моноли́тный (monolítnyj) — having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation
- Spanish: monolítico — having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation
- Ukrainian: монолі́тний (monolítnyj) — having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation
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