Monolithic definitions

mŏn'ə-lĭth'ĭk
The definition of monolithic is something that is literally or figuratively very large or massive, or something made of a single large block of stone.

A huge corporation with 10,000 employees and locations throughout the U.S. and the world is an example of a corporation that would be described as monolithic.

A sculpture made out of a single large block of marble is an example of something that would be described as monolithic.

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Constituting a monolith.

A monolithic sculpture.

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Massive, solid, and uniform.

The monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture.

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Constituting or acting as a single, often rigid, uniform whole.

A monolithic worldwide movement.

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Single object. Self-contained. One unit.
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Of or resembling a monolith.
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Having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation.
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(computing, said of an operating system's kernel) Consisting of a single program using a single memory-addressing space.
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Sentence Examples

  • A pair of monolithic columns, disengaged, flank each facade.

  • The Fox Island granite comes from the quarries on Vinalhaven Island and the surrounding islands, and on Vinalhaven were quarried monolithic columns 51.5 to 54 ft.

  • Noteworthy among the buildings within the ancient citadel is a small tetrastyle temple, variously ascribed to Jupiter and Minerva, the portico supported by six monolithic columns of cippolino, four being in front.

  • A fine belfry (12th, 13th and 15th centuries) commanding the town is built on the terrace, beneath which are hollowed in the rock the oratory and hermitage of St Emilion, and adjoining them an ancient monolithic church of considerable dimensions.

  • Thomas, and a monolithic shaft to the memory of General John Ellis Wool (1784-1869), who served with distinction in the War of 1812 and in the Mexican War, and in the Civil War commanded for a time the Department of Virginia.

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