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Adjective: monophonic  ,mó-nu'fó-nik
  1. (music) consisting of a single melodic line
    "Early Gregorian chants were monophonic"
     
  2. (electronics) designating sound transmission, recording or reproduction over a single channel
    "The old radio only had monophonic audio output";
    - mono, single-channel

See also: homophonic, monaural, monodic, monodical

Antonym: contrapuntal

Encyclopedia: Monophonic