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A monolith is a monument or natural feature consisting of a single massive stone or rock.

Monolith or monolithic may also refer to:

  • Single crystal, unified crystal, also called monocrystal or monolithic

Places

  • Monolith, California, in Kern County
  • The Monolith (Antarctica), a pair of Antarctic islets
  • Phobos monolith, a rock on Mars' largest moon, Phobos

Architecture

  • Monolithic architecture, a style of construction in which a building is carved, cast or excavated from a single piece of material
  • Monolithic column, column made from one single piece of stone
  • Monolithic dome, structure cast in one piece over a form, made of concrete or similar structural material

Art

  • Monolitten, Norwegian for The Monolith, in Vigeland Sculpture Park in Norway
  • Utah monolith
  • Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, a photograph from Ansel Adams

Computers

  • Monolithic application, software architecture for computer applications
  • Monolithic codebase, repository architecture for source control
  • Monolithic kernel, kernel architecture for computer operating systems
  • Monolithic system, computer system architecture where processing, data and the user interface all reside on the same system

Electronic circuits

  • Monolithic integrated circuit or "monolithic system", an electronic system, such as a processor, realized on a single die
  • Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (often abbreviated MMIC), a type of integrated circuit (IC) device that operates at microwave frequencies (300 MHz to 300 GHz)

Entertainment

Characters and entities

  • Monolith, character from the Elementals comic book series
  • Monolith (Space Odyssey), the Monoliths featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey and its sequels
  • The Monolith, a faction from the video games S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

Entertainment companies

  • Monolith Productions, Washington State–based video game development house and subsidiary of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • Monolith Soft, Japanese video game developer and subsidiary of Nintendo

Film

Literature

Music

  • Monolith Festival, a Colorado music festival
  • Monolithic (band), a synthpop band
  • Monolith (band), a Bulgarian rock band
  • The Monolith Tour, a worldwide tour by American rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars

Songs

  • "Monolithic", a song by Monster Magnet from the album Monolithic Baby!
  • "Monolith", a song by Stone Sour from the album Stone Sour
  • "Monolith", a song by T. Rex from the album Electric Warrior
  • "Monolith", a song by Yello from the album Pocket Universe
  • "Monolith", a song by Wolfmother
  • "Monoliths", a song by Maserati
  • "Monolith", a song by Jedi Mind Tricks from the album A History of Violence
  • "The Monolith", a song by The Beta Band from the E.P The Patty Patty Sound, later included on the compilation album The Three E.P.'s
  • "Monolith", a song by Delerium from the album Spheres
  • "Monolith", a song by Cannibal Corpse from the album Vile
  • "Monolith", a song by Mudvayne from L.D. 50
  • "The Monolith", a song by Becoming the Archetype from the album The Physics of Fire
  • "Monolith", a song by Youngblood Supercult from their 2016 album High Plains

Albums

  • Monolith (Kansas album), 1979
  • Monolith (Amebix album), 1987
  • Monolith a 2007 album by Buckethead under his Death Cube K alias
  • Monolith (In Mourning album), 2010
  • Monolith (Sylosis album), 2012
  • Monolith (Omid album), 2003

Other uses

  • Monolith (catalyst support), an extruded structure to support catalysts

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Monolith
  • All pages with titles containing monolith
  • All pages with titles containing monolithic
  • Mono (disambiguation)
  • Lith (disambiguation)
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