mono

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ˈmä-(ˌ)nō

plural monos

: monophonic reproduction

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There’s also a multi-speaker mode that delivers a standard mono mix – better for setups with more than two speakers. —Prakhar Khanna, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025

Immersive Audio Mixing And Listening To Headphones Key features of the new software include support for 53 speaker configurations ranging from basic mono to Dolby Atmos and Auro-3D. —Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024 Presley’s Sun Studios sessions, with guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, were recorded live to single-track mono tape by label owner Sam Phillips, which means any real remixes of the songs have always been impossible. —Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024 Use cheap 30-pound mono as leaders off of the main line. —Don Wirth, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2024 Organizations like Challenged Athletes offer grants for accessibility in sports like surfing, skiing, and rock climbing, while the Kelly Brush Foundation’s Active Fund provides outdoor equipment (like mono-skis and off-road hand cycles) for people with spinal-cord injuries. —Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2018 These heavy multitaskers showed higher prefrontal-cortex activity than mono-taskers. —Julie Jargon, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2022 In recent years, there has been a decline in the population of bees and pollinators due to intensive farming, pesticide use, climate change and mono-cropping. —Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY, 30 July 2021 There are several solutions, using heavier line like 4- to 6-pound mono on spinning tackle. —Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 20 Mar. 2021

Adjective

Actress Eva Mendes recently shared her experience undergoing a mono-thread facial treatment, where acupuncture-like pins, or threads, were injected around the contour of her jawline. —Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 5 Dec. 2020 Another of Pong’s fanciful mid-nineties creations was a mountain bike with a mono-blade suspension fork, a concept that Cannondale turned into the Lefty not long after. —Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 11 Dec. 2020

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1959, in the meaning defined above

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1960, in the meaning defined above

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1962, in the meaning defined above

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