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(of sound reproduction) having a single channel; monaural (compare stereophonic) examples
(music) having a single melodic line and no harmony (compare polyphonic) examples
(orthography) having simple one-to-one mapping between letters and phonemes quotations examples
From a similar selection, says M. Remusat, the Coreans have made a monophonic alphabet of nine vowels and fifteen consonants, with which they write their language.
1828 July 7, Peter S. Du Ponceau, “On some Points connected with the Nature of the Chinese Language (enclosure in letter from Basil Hall)”, in The Philosophical magazine, volume 5