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mono

mono

6.5
Sound recorded or played using one channel, not left and right
  • adjective
  • /ˈmɑːnoʊ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : monofónico
  • 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.

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Examples

  • This is just mono audio and composite video and immediately we're up just like that.

  • So it's the same thing coming through both speakers, but it's just, you know, it's still mono anyway.

  • The original OK, so mono sound just coming out of the bottom part of the device it's OK.

  • So you hear a mono frequency sound, right?

  • OK, so it's a mono speaker setup kind of show you running down since wonderful.

  • So most sound systems are mono so that people can hear everything that they've paid to hear.

  • You tell me a mono color shadow in Daisy Peach.

  • And it's that headset with low res, I believe mono color display.

  • The concert featured mono sound, so the music was the same in both speakers.

  • She prefers listening to mono recordings for their simplicity and clarity.

Synonyms

single-channel
vsmono
  • Specialized
1 4.8

Sound that plays through one speaker, not left and right

is the common shorter term used in the same technical context
monophonic
vsmono
  • Specialized
7.0

Sound recorded or played with one audio channel

is the shorter often informal label for the same concept

Antonyms

3.9

Sound made or played with two channels so it comes from different directions

Compounds

mono-iodotyrosine
  • Specialized
9.9

A small chemical made when one iodine atom joins a protein building block in the thyroid to make thyroid hormones

How Spatial

multichannel
  • Specialized
5.0
quadraphonic system
  • Archaic
7.9
stereo
134 1.8
mono
  • Specialized
6.5

Surface Forms

mono positive

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.