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Monolithic   /mˌɑnəlˈɪθɪk/   Listen
Monolithic

adjective
1.
Imposing in size or bulk or solidity.  Synonyms: massive, monumental.  "Moore's massive sculptures" , "The monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture" , "A monumental scale"
2.
Characterized by massiveness and rigidity and total uniformity.  "A monolithic worldwide movement"





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"Monolithic" Quotes from Famous Books



... To the period of his rule belongs the Arian baptistery, also octagonal, known as Santa Maria in Cosmedin. (4) Theodoric died in 526 A.D. His mausoleum is formed by a polygon of ten equal sides, with a smaller decagonal upper stage, a circular attic above which bears the great monolithic dome. In the lower story was the tomb: the internal plan is a Greek cross, i.e. there is a central space with recesses of equal depth on all four sides. (5) In the year of the death of Theodoric, the octagonal church of San Vitale was begun. It was consecrated in 547, when Ravenna had ...
— The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church • A. Hamilton Thompson
... strongly creep Their slow trunks to the branch; A subtle, devious way they keep, Thrice cautious to be stanch. A mighty hospitality At last the builders yield, For man and horse and bird and bee A hospice and a shield, Whose monolithic mystery A curious ...
— The California Birthday Book • Various
... was also inclosed a monolithic sarcophagus of white marble of the form called anthropoid and measuring 2.15 m. in length by 0.67 in width. This sarcophagus is now preserved in the local museum, whose director is the active, intelligent and disinterested ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 • Various
... increase of strength by longitudinal reinforcement. In good concrete the longitudinal reinforcement may not be very effective or very economical, but it safeguards the strength in poorly made concrete, and is absolutely necessary on account of the bending stresses set up in such columns, due to the monolithic ...
— Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design • Edward Godfrey


Words linked to "Monolithic" :   massive, monumental, large, big, undiversified


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