monophonic
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monophonic
- (of sound reproduction) having a single channel; monaural (compare stereophonic)
- (music) having a single melodic line and no harmony (compare polyphonic)
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- 1828,, Peter S. Du Ponceau, “On some Points connected with the Nature of the Chinese Language”, The Philosophical magazine, volume 5:
- From a similar selection, says M. Remusat, the Coreans have made a monophonic alphabet of nine vowels and fifteen consonants
- 1828,, Peter S. Du Ponceau, “On some Points connected with the Nature of the Chinese Language”, The Philosophical magazine, volume 5:
[edit] Translations
having a single channel
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having a single melodic line and no harmony
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