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monolithic Definition


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monolith
noun
    1. A single, tall block of stone, especially one shaped like or into a column or pillar.
    2. Anything resembling one of these in its uniformity, immovability or massiveness.
    3. civil engineering.
      A large uniform mass of concrete or similar material.
Derivative: monolithic
    Relating to or like a monolith.
    Said of an organization, etc: large, unchanging and difficult to deal with.
      Thesaurus: colossal, huge, gigantic, monumental, vast; solid, undifferentiated, unvaried.
Etymology: 19c: from French monolithe, from Greek monolithos made of one piece of stone, from mono- + lithos stone.



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