mono
- adjective
- /ˈmɑːnoʊ/
- Specialized
- In a mono audio setup, the sound comes from one channel rather than two.
And it almost like turns it from like stereo to like mono.
- And it almost like turns it from like stereo to like mono.
- So it's the same thing coming through both speakers, but it's just, you know, it's still mono anyway.
- So most sound systems are mono so that people can hear everything that they've paid to hear.
- So you hear a mono frequency sound, right?
- OK, so it's a mono speaker setup kind of show you running down since wonderful.
Examples
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This is just mono audio and composite video and immediately we're up just like that.
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So it's the same thing coming through both speakers, but it's just, you know, it's still mono anyway.
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The original OK, so mono sound just coming out of the bottom part of the device it's OK.
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So you hear a mono frequency sound, right?
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OK, so it's a mono speaker setup kind of show you running down since wonderful.
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So most sound systems are mono so that people can hear everything that they've paid to hear.
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You tell me a mono color shadow in Daisy Peach.
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And it's that headset with low res, I believe mono color display.
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The concert featured mono sound, so the music was the same in both speakers.
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She prefers listening to mono recordings for their simplicity and clarity.
Synonyms
Sound that plays through one speaker, not left and right
Sound recorded or played with one audio channel
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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Etymology
Mono comes from the Greek prefix mono- meaning 'one', the same part you see in monarch or monologue. So when sound is described as mono, it means the audio uses a single channel — 'one' channel — not two separate left and right channels.