Word of the Day: Catachrestical
Mono-
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Alt. of Mon-
Capable of being neutralized by a univalent base or basic radical; having but one acid hydrogen atom to be replaced; -- said of acids; as, acetic, nitric, and hydrochloric acids are monobasic.
Having a single heart, as fishes and amphibians.
An animal having a single heart.
A monocarpic plant.
Alt. of Monocarpous
Bearing fruit but once, and dying after fructification, as beans, maize, mustard, etc.
Having a solitary head; -- said of unbranched composite plants.
1. A musical instrument of one string. As its name imports, it had originally but one string; but it is generally constructed with two, by means of which the musician is better enabled to try the proportions of sounds and intervals, and judge of the harmony of two tempered notes.
2. In the proper sense of the word, a trumpet marine is considered a monochord
An instrument for experimenting upon the mathematical relations of musical sounds. It consists of a single string stretched between two bridges, one or both of which are movable, and which stand upon a graduated rule for the purpose of readily changing and measuring the length of the part of the string between them.
Consisting of one color, or presenting rays of light of one color only.
Consisting of one color, or presenting rays of light of one color only.
A painting or drawing in a single color; a picture made with a single color.
Made, or done, with a single color; as, a monochromic picture.
The art of painting or drawing in monochrome.
Existing at the same time; contemporaneous.
Having but one cilium.
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