mono adj : designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel [syn: monophonic, single-channel] n : an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing [syn: infectious mononucleosis, mononucleosis, glandular fever, kissing disease]

English

Etymology 1

Shortening of mononucleosis

Noun

mono

1. Short name for the disease mononucleosis

Synonyms

• mononucleosis
• glandular fever
• the kissing disease

Etymology 2

Probably from the prefix mono- meaning “one, single”

Noun

mono

1. (UK, Australia) A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the front wheel is lifted off the ground while riding

Synonyms

• wheelie

Etymology 3

Shortening of monophonic

Adjective

mono

1. abbreviation for monaural or monophonic; having only a single audio channel

   Because many in the audience were very close to one of the speakers, the DJ decided to play the music in mono.

Antonyms

• stereo

Esperanto

Noun

1. money

   La novgeedzoj devas ŝpareme vivi kiam ili savas sufiĉan monon por aĉeti domo.

   The newlyweds must live frugally as they save enough money to purchase a house.

Related terms

• senmona: penniless

Finnish

Etymology

Shortened from the family name Mononen.

Noun

mono

1. a skiing shoe.

Synonyms

• (skiing shoe) hiihtokenkä

Usage notes

• This is still a trademark, owned by the Mono company.

Japanese

Noun

1. 物:　thing
2. 者:　person

Spanish

Adjective

1. cute, pretty
2. blond, blonde

Synonyms

• bonito (1)
• rubio (2)

Noun

1. monkey
2. overalls (in non-US sense), coveralls
3. doll, puppet

Synonyms

• chango (1) (Mexico)
• mico (1)
• mono de trabajo (2)
• overol (2)
• muñeco (3)

See also

• simio

Mono (from the Greek μόνος (alone) or μονός (single) ) may refer to:

Biology

• Infectious mononucleosis, also referred to as "glandular fever", the "kissing disease"
• Monodactylus sebae, an animal species

Music

• Monaural sound production, sound produce from a single channel, in contrast to stereo sound
• Monophonic, a term relating to monaural sound
• Mono jack, a jack plug used for transmitting monaural sound
• Mono (Japanese band), a Japanese post-rock band
• "Mono", a song by Fightstar from their 2006 album Grand Unification
• Mono (UK band), a British trip-hop band
• "Mono" (Courtney Love song), a 2004 Courtney Love song

Publications

• mono (Fanzine), Bradford alternative rock music fanzine

Places

• Mono County, California
• Mono Department, Benin
• Mono Lake
• Mono, Ontario, Canada
• Mono River, Togo
• Mono Island, Solomon Islands

People

• Mono language
• Mono tribe, a tribe of Native Americans in California
• Mono, an important character in the video game Shadow of the Colossus

Technology

• Mono (software), an open source implementation of the Microsoft .NET architecture
• Monochrome BBS, a bulletin board system originally based at City University, London
• Everson Mono, also known as Everson Mono Unicode, is an evenly spaced Unicode font (typeface)
• m0n0wall is an embedded firewall distribution of FreeBSD
• Mono (game), a shoot 'em up video game reminiscent of both Asteroids and Robotron: 2084

Other

• Mono, a type of rock climbing hand hold in which only one finger can be used

See also

• Poly
• Solo (music)
• Stereo

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