monograph [mon -uh -graf, -grahf]
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a treatise on a particular subject, as a biographical study or study of the works of one artist. a highly detailed and thoroughly documented study or paper written about a limited area of a subject or field of inquiry: scholarly monographs on medieval pigments. an account of a single thing or class of things, as of a species of organism. Show More
to write a monograph about. Show More
Origin of monograph First recorded in
1815–25; mono- +
-graph Related forms mo·nog·ra·pher [muh -nog -ruh -fer] /məˈnɒg rə fər/ mo·nog·ra·phist , noun mon·o·graph·ic [mon-uh -graf -ik] /ˌmɒn əˈgræf ɪk/ mon·o·graph·i·cal , adjective mon·o·graph·i·cal·ly , adverb Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for monographic Historical Examples of monographic Monographic works in unbound form range in size from those of a dozen pages to those of several hundred.
A monographic revision of the twisted winged insects comprising the order Strepsiptera Kirby.
Such a result would be a proud triumph for the author of these monographic sketches.
British Dictionary definitions for monographic a paper, book, or other work concerned with a single subject or aspect of a subject Show More
(tr) to write a monograph on Show More
Derived Forms monographer (mɒˈnɒɡrəfə ) or monographist , noun monographic , adjective monographically , adverb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Word Origin and History for monographic n. "treatise on a single subject," 1821, from mono- + -graph "something written." Earlier was monography (1773).
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