monolithic
[mon-uh-lith-ik]
- of or relating to a monolith.
- made of only one stone: a monolithic column.
- consisting of one piece; solid or unbroken: a boat with a monolithic hull.
- constructed of monoliths or huge blocks of stone: the monolithic monuments of the New Stone Age.
- characterized by massiveness, total uniformity, rigidity, invulnerability, etc.: a monolithic society.
- Electronics. of or relating to an integrated circuit formed in a single chip.
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Origin of monolithic
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Contemporary Examples
The gift was a cynical, symbolic, and contentless gambit in a monolithic USSR.
For one, the GOP needs to realize that there is no monolithic way of thinking in black America.
All these divisions provide further proof that the myth of the monolithic “Israel Lobby” is just that.
The most striking thing about the latter, after all, is its monolithic conformity.
Hamas is not a monolithic organization, nor is it as dogmatic as it is often depicted.
Historical Examples
The forms shown by Figs. 121 to 123 are for monolithic curb and gutter.
Concrete ConstructionHalbert P. Gillette
Formerly there were inside the mosque 1200 monolithic columns, now there are only 850.
Recollections of a Long LifeJohn Stoughton
This is the monolithic column that was reared by Washington and his associates.
Speeches of Benjamin HarrisonBenjamin Harrison
He poised himself, as if it were, on the monolithic stability of his legs.
The ReturnWalter de la Mare
The idea of the origin of these monolithic structures from some common source seems to have suggested itself to many minds.
The Archaeology and Prehistoric Annals of ScotlandDaniel Wilson
monolithic
- of, relating to, or like a monolith
- characterized by hugeness, impenetrability, or intractabilitya monolithic government
- electronics (of an integrated circuit) having all components manufactured into or on top of a single chip of siliconSee hybrid (def. 6)
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Word Origin and History for monolithic
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