monograph

[ mon-uh-graf, -grahf ]

/ ˈmɒn əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

noun

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.

verb (used with object)

to write a monograph about.

Nearby words

Origin of monograph

First recorded in 1815–25; mono- + -graph

Related formsmo·nog·ra·pher

[muh-nog-ruh-fer] /məˈnɒg rə fər/, mo·nog·ra·phist, nounmon·o·graph·ic

[mon-uh-graf-ik] /ˌmɒn əˈgræf ɪk/, mon·o·graph·i·cal, adjectivemon·o·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb

Can be confusedmonogram monograph

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Examples from the Web for monographic

Monographic works in unbound form range in size from those of a dozen pages to those of several hundred.
Library Bookbinding|Arthur Low Bailey
A monographic revision of the twisted winged insects comprising the order Strepsiptera Kirby.
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches|Louis M. Roth
Such a result would be a proud triumph for the author of these monographic sketches.
Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found|Mayne Reid

British Dictionary definitions for monographic

monograph

/ (ˈmɒnəˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf) /

noun

a paper, book, or other work concerned with a single subject or aspect of a subject

verb

(tr) to write a monograph on

Derived Formsmonographer (mɒˈnɒɡrəfə) or monographist, nounmonographic, adjectivemonographically, adverb

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Word Origin and History for monographic

monograph

"treatise on a single subject," 1821, from mono- + -graph "something written." Earlier was monography (1773).