From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmonomon‧o1 /ˈmɒnəʊ $ ˈmɑːnoʊ/ noun [uncountable] informal 1 American EnglishMI an infectious illness that makes your lymph nodes swell and makes you feel weak and tired for a long time afterwards SYN glandular fever British English2 TCBa system of recording or broadcasting sound, in which all the sound comes from only one direction → stereo
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mono• Of the main stereo outputs, the left doubles for mono.monomono2 adjective TCBusing a system of recording or broadcasting sound, in which all the sound comes from only one direction → stereo an old mono recordingExamples from the Corpus
mono• a mono recordingmono-mono- /mɒnəʊ, -nə $ -noʊ, -nə/ prefix ONLYone a monoplane (=a plane with only one wing on each side) a monolingual dictionary (=dealing with only one language)Examples from the Corpus
mono-• a monolingual dictionary• a monosyllabic wordOrigin mono- French Latin, from Greek, from monos “alone, single” mono1 1. (1900-2000) mononucleosis2. (1900-2000) monophonic “mono” ((20-21 centuries)) 