Adjective: monophonic ,mó-nu'fó-nik
- (music) consisting of a single melodic line
"Early Gregorian chants were monophonic"
- (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