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monograph

Pronunciation: /ˈmɒnəgrɑːf/

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Definition of monograph

noun

  • a detailed written study of a single specialized subject or an aspect of it: they are publishing a series of monographs on music in late medieval and Renaissance cities

verb

[with object]
  • write a monograph on; treat in a monograph: Meissner first monographed the plant in 1826

Origin:

early 19th century (earlier monography): from modern Latin monographia, from monographus 'writer on a single genus or species'

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