3. The commodity or other material thing to which the monopoly relates; as, tobacco is a monopoly in
France. [Colloq.]
Monopolylogue
(Mon`o*pol"y*logue) n. [Mono- + Gr. poly`s many + lo`gos speech.] An exhibition in
which an actor sustains many characters.
Monopsychism
(Mon`o*psy"chism) n. [Mono- + Gr. soul.] The doctrine that there is but one immortal
soul or intellect with which all men are endowed.
Monopteral
(Mo*nop"ter*al) a. [Gr. with a row of pillars only; mo`nos alone, only + feather, wing, also, a
row of pillars: cf. F. monoptère.] (Arch.) Round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring of columns
supporting a roof; — said esp. of a temple.
Monopteron
(||Mo*nop"ter*on) n.; pl. Monoptera [NL. See Monopteral.] (Arch.) A circular temple
consisting of a roof supported on columns, without a cella.
Monoptote
(Mon"op*tote) n. [L. monoptotum, Gr. mo`nos single + apt to fall, fallen, fr. to fall; cf. case.]
(Gram.)
1. A noun having only one case. Andrews.
2. A noun having only one ending for the oblique cases.
Monopyrenous
(Mon`o*py*re"nous) a. [Mono- + pyrene.] (Bot.) Having but a single stone or kernel.
Monorganic
(Mon`or*gan"ic) a. [Mon- + organic.] (Biol. & Med.) Belonging to, or affecting, a single
organ, or set of organs.
Monorhina
(||Mon`o*rhi"na) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + nose.] (Zoöl.) The Marsipobranchiata.
Monorhyme
(Mon"o*rhyme) n. [Mono- + rhyme: cf. F. monorime.] A composition in verse, in which all
the lines end with the same rhyme.
Monosepalous
(Mon`o*sep"al*ous) a. [Mono- + sepal: cf. F. monosépale.] (Bot.) Having only one
sepal, or the calyx in one piece or composed of the sepals united into one piece; gamosepalous.
The most recent writers restrict this term to flowers having a solarity sepal, and use gamosepalous for
a calyx formed by several sepals combined into one piece. Cf. Monopetalous.
Monosperm
(Mon"o*sperm) n. (Bot.) A monospermous plant.
Monospermal
(Mon`o*sper"mal Mon`o*sper"mous) a. [Mono- + Gr. spe`rma seed: cf. F. monosperme.]
(Bot.) Having only one seed.
Monospherical
(Mon`o*spher"ic*al) a. [Mono- + spherical.] Consisting of one sphere only.
Monostich
(Mon"o*stich) n. [Gr. from consisting of one verse; mo`nos single + sti`chos line, verse.] A
composition consisting of one verse only.
Monostichous
(Mo*nos"ti*chous) a. [See Monostich.] (Bot.) Arranged in a single row on one side of
an axis, as the flowers in grasses of the tribe Chloridæ.
Monostrophe
(Mo*nos"tro*phe) n. [NL., fr. Gr. mono`strofos monostrophic.] A metrical composition
consisting of a single strophe.
Monostrophic
(Mon`o*stroph"ic) a. [Gr. monostrofiko`s; mo`nos single + strofh` strophe.] (Pros.)
Having one strophe only; not varied in measure; written in unvaried measure. Milton.
