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monolithic

Pronunciation: /mɔnəˈlɪθɪk/
Definition of monolithic

adjective

  • 1formed of a single large block of stone: later Byzantine columns were monolithic and usually made of marble
  • (of a building) very large and characterless: IPC moved the paper from Covent Garden to the monolithic King’s Reach Tower
  • 2(of an organization or system) large, powerful, indivisible, and slow to change:rejecting any move towards a monolithic European superstate
  • 3 Electronics (of a solid-state circuit) composed of active and passive components formed in a single chip: a video converter on a single monolithic chip

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