monolith

English - Turkish

Definition of monolith in English Turkish dictionary

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monolit

Linux çekirdeği monolitiktir. - The Linux kernel is monolithic.

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English - English

Definition of monolith in English English dictionary

Anything massive, uniform and unmovable

A large single block of stone, used in architecture and sculpture

in chromatography, a continuous stationary-phase cast as a homogeneous column in a single piece

any structure or sculpture in stone formed of a single piece

a single great stone (often in the form of a column or obelisk)

disapproval If you refer to an organization or system as a monolith, you are critical of it because it is very large and very slow to change, and it does not seem to have different parts with different characters. A deal between the two powerful institutions would have created a banking monolith

A single stone, especially one of large size, shaped into a pillar, statue, or monument

A monolith is a very large, upright piece of stone, especially one that was put in place in ancient times

{i} stone column, great stone, stone monument

Related Terms

monoliths

plural of monolith

Hyphenation

mon·o·lith

Turkish pronunciation

mänılîth

Pronunciation

/ˈmänəˌləᴛʜ/ /ˈmɑːnəˌlɪθ/

Etymology

() From French monolithe, from Latin monolithus "consisting of a single stone", from Ancient Greek μονόλιθος monolithos, from μόνος monos "single, alone" + λίθος lithos "stone".