A metal structure, such as an aircraft, in which the skin absorbs all or most of the stresses to which the body is subjected. [French :mono-,mono-+coque,shell(from Old French, from Latincoccum,berry, from Greekkokkos).] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edit...
monochrome(n.) 1660s, "painting or drawing done in different tints of a single color," from Latinized form of Greekmonokhrōmos,alsomonokhrōmatos, "of a single color," frommonos"single, alone" (from PIE root*men-(4) "small, isolated") +khrōma(genitivekhrōmatos) "color, complexion, ...
1.BotanyHaving unisexual reproductive organs or flowers, with the organs or flowers of both sexes borne on a single plant, as in pines and corn (maize). 2.BiologyRelating to or exhibiting hermaphroditism; hermaphroditic. [New LatinMonoecia,class name:mono-+ Greekoikiā,dwelling; seeweik-inIndo...
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word-forming element of Greek origin meaning "one, single, alone; containing one (atom, etc.)," from Greek monos "single, alone," from PIE root *men- (4) "small, isolated." Entries linking to mono- monochromatic (adj.) "of one color, consisting of light of one wavelength," 1807, ...
[C16: via Late Latin from Greek; see mono-, stich] ˌmonoˈstichic adj Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014 mon•o•stich (ˈmɒn əˌstɪk) ...
"the mating with only one female or wife," by 1859, from Greekmonos"single, alone" (seemono-) +gynē"female, woman" (from PIE root*gwen-"woman"). Related:Monogynist; monogynous.Used a few years earlier in translations of Fourier, where it refers to the quality of those who "excel...
1.a Greek ode sung by a single voice, as in a tragedy; lament. 2.a poem in which the poet or speaker laments another's death. 3. a.a musical style in which one melody predominates; homophony. b.monophony. [1580–90; < Late Latinmonōdia< Greekmonōidíaa solo, monody =monōid(ós...
n,plCyclopes(saɪˈkləʊpiːz)orCyclopses (Classical Myth & Legend)classical mythone of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of the forehead, encountered by Odysseus in theOdyssey. See alsoPolyphemus [C15: from LatinCyclōps,from GreekKuklōps,literally: round eye, ...
Origin of monoecious1 First recorded in 1755–65; from New Latin (Linnaeus) Monoeci(a) the name of the group comprising monoecious plants, equivalent to Greek mon- “sole, one” + oîk(os) “house” + Latin -ia noun suffix; mon-, -ia, -ous ...