monolithic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˌmɒn.əˈlɪθ.ɪk/ (UK)
- /ˌmɑ.nəˈlɪθ.ɪk/ (US)
Etymology
From French monolithique. By surface analysis, monolith + -ic.
Meanings
- Of or resembling a monolith.
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Consisting of a single piece of homogeneous material as opposed to a composite material or an assembly of multiple parts.
A monolithic chunk of titanium with facets for cutting, wrenching, and prying.
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(figuratively) Having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation.
Farming today is industrial, and dominated by monolithic corporations who control almost all the food we eat.
2017, Adam Rutherford, A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived, The Experiment, →ISBN, page 71:Mainstream culture is hardly the monolithic block that its caricaturization often implies.
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(figuratively) Of a single structure, a singular component; instead of an assembly.
Monolithic space stations only have a single station module.
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Consisting of a single program or codebase.
In the monolithic architecture software system is deployed as a single solution, in which functionally distinguishable aspects are all interwoven.
2020, L. S. Jayashree, G. Selvakumar, Getting Started with Enterprise Internet of Things […] , Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 103:Monolithic kernels perform all operating system duties in kernel space.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most monolithic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more monolithic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
monolithicity · monolithically · monolithicness · monorepo · monolithic programming · nonmonolithic
Relateds
lith- · mono- · monolith · -lith · lithic · -ic
Synonyms
Translations (31)
nl monolithisch (having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation) · cmn 整體 /整体一統 /一统 (having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation) · ca monolític (having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation) · fr monolithique (having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation) · eo monolita (of or resembling a monolith) · uk монолі́тний (of or resembling a monolith) · ca monolític (of or resembling a monolith) · es monolítico (of or resembling a monolith) · bg монолитен (having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation) · de monolithisch (of or resembling a monolith) · uk монолі́тний (having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation) · ru моноли́тный (of or resembling a monolith) · ga monailiteach (having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation) · de monolithisch (having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation) · ja 一枚岩の (of or resembling a monolith) · cmn 巨石 (of or resembling a monolith) · fi monoliittinen (of or resembling a monolith) · pt monolítico (of or resembling a monolith) · cmn 坚如磐石的 (having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation) · cmn 一块石头似的 (of or resembling a monolith) · be маналі́тны (of or resembling a monolith) · el μονολιθικός (of or resembling a monolith) · fr monolithique (of or resembling a monolith) · nl monolithisch (of or resembling a monolith) · ru моноли́тный (having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation) · bg монолитен (of or resembling a monolith) · ja 一枚岩の (having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation) · be маналі́тны (having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation) · ga monailiteach (of or resembling a monolith) · fi monoliittinen (having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation) · es monolítico (having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation)