Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Monophonic \Mon`o*phon"ic\, a. [Mono- + Gr. ? a voice.]
1. (Mus.) Single-voiced; having but one part; as, a
monophonic composition; -- opposed to {polyphonic}.
[1913 Webster]
2. Of or relating to a system for recording and reproducing
sound, which has only one sound channel; also called
{monaural} or {mono}. It contrasts with {stereophonic} (or
{stereo}), {quadraphonic}, or {surround-sound}, which have
two or more channels, and can thus reproduce the effect of
the sound coming from more than one direction.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
monophonic
adj 1: designating sound transmission or recording or
reproduction over a single channel [syn: {mono},
{monophonic}, {single-channel}]
2: consisting of a single melodic line [ant: {contrapuntal},
{polyphonic}]
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