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Definition of monophonic in English: monophonicadjective ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈfɒnɪkˌmɑnəˈfɑnɪk 1(of sound reproduction) using only one channel of transmission. (声音复制)单声道的。比较STEREOPHONIC Compare with stereophonic Example sentencesExamples - In reality the source recordings are specified as monophonic; there are no processing instructions in the score to synthesize the necessary localization cues.
- Dialogue, effects, and music were all clean and generally distortion free, but the track sounds monophonic and is localized to the center speaker.
- The soundtrack has been remixed into Dolby Surround, although for the most part the track is monophonic.
- The soundtrack is two-channel mono, and is very good with a spacious quality that belies its monophonic nature.
- The track is very monophonic, with no directional effects leaking out.
- The results are probably about as rich-sounding as is possible from monophonic sound.
- The sound quality is very good considering the source is often monophonic optical tracks (some of the soundtracks from the mid-1950s onward are sourced from magnetic tape).
- Over the past 50 years, audio has progressed rapidly from monophonic to stereophonic sound, followed by quadraphonic audio, and Dolby surround sound.
- A new release will have you twisting and shouting in living monophonic sound.
- This is the appropriate choice, as Chaplin always made his films in monophonic sound.
- The monophonic sound of each mix gives the viewer a real sense of what it must have been like to have experienced these shorts for the first time in the 1920s and 1930s.
- The sound is monophonic and clear for the most part.
2Music Having a single melodic line without harmonies or melody in counterpoint. the style of monophonic singing known as Gregorian chant Compare with homophonic and polyphonic Example sentencesExamples - In its earliest recorded form, plainchant, the monophonic music of the Western Church, varies from extreme simplicity to great complexity.
- Bartok used many seconds and sevenths found in monophonic Hungarian folk music.
- Harmonization thus becomes not a means in itself, bur another aspect of the ‘perpetual variation’ process of an essentially monophonic melody.
- With the arrival of other more advanced ringtone technologies, monophonic ringtones are now available for free at different web sites.
- The songs are monophonic, with harmony taking the form of a drone.
- It is a mark of Pahud's musicianship that even the monophonic instrumental line sounds richly harmonized and balanced on this recording.
Derivativesmonophonically 〔乐〕同音的;齐唱的;齐奏的 adverb The next nine songs are from the artier and almost monophonically recorded album, which sought to replicate the chaos of their live performances. Example sentencesExamples - This has a similar effect to when an analog synth's voices are monophonically tasked to one note.
noun Central to all music from Syria and Arab countries are monophony and heterophony, vocal flourishes, subtle intonation, rich improvisation, and the Arab scales. Example sentencesExamples - In both cases, the response ‘Deo gracias’ was sung in simple monophony.
- In its vocal sections, Kancheli's debt to medieval monophony is clear, however tempered with modernism.
- The great Classical theorist Heinrich Koch established the two modern distinctions: monophony - polyphony, and polyphony - homophony.
OriginEarly 19th century: from mono- 'one' + Greek phonē 'sound' + -ic. Definition of monophonic in US English: monophonicadjectiveˌmɑnəˈfɑnɪkˌmänəˈfänik 1(of sound reproduction) using only one channel of transmission. (声音复制)单声道的。比较STEREOPHONIC Compare with stereophonic Example sentencesExamples - In reality the source recordings are specified as monophonic; there are no processing instructions in the score to synthesize the necessary localization cues.
- The results are probably about as rich-sounding as is possible from monophonic sound.
- The soundtrack has been remixed into Dolby Surround, although for the most part the track is monophonic.
- The sound quality is very good considering the source is often monophonic optical tracks (some of the soundtracks from the mid-1950s onward are sourced from magnetic tape).
- Dialogue, effects, and music were all clean and generally distortion free, but the track sounds monophonic and is localized to the center speaker.
- This is the appropriate choice, as Chaplin always made his films in monophonic sound.
- The sound is monophonic and clear for the most part.
- The monophonic sound of each mix gives the viewer a real sense of what it must have been like to have experienced these shorts for the first time in the 1920s and 1930s.
- The soundtrack is two-channel mono, and is very good with a spacious quality that belies its monophonic nature.
- Over the past 50 years, audio has progressed rapidly from monophonic to stereophonic sound, followed by quadraphonic audio, and Dolby surround sound.
- A new release will have you twisting and shouting in living monophonic sound.
- The track is very monophonic, with no directional effects leaking out.
2Music Consisting of a single musical line, without accompaniment. the style of monophonic singing known as Gregorian chant Example sentencesExamples - Harmonization thus becomes not a means in itself, bur another aspect of the ‘perpetual variation’ process of an essentially monophonic melody.
- Bartok used many seconds and sevenths found in monophonic Hungarian folk music.
- In its earliest recorded form, plainchant, the monophonic music of the Western Church, varies from extreme simplicity to great complexity.
- It is a mark of Pahud's musicianship that even the monophonic instrumental line sounds richly harmonized and balanced on this recording.
- With the arrival of other more advanced ringtone technologies, monophonic ringtones are now available for free at different web sites.
- The songs are monophonic, with harmony taking the form of a drone.
OriginEarly 19th century: from mono- ‘one’ + Greek phonē ‘sound’ + -ic. |