monolithic

Meaning

  1. Of or resembling a monolith.
  2. Consisting of a single piece of homogeneous material as opposed to a composite material or an assembly of multiple parts.
  3. (figuratively) Having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation.
  4. (figuratively) Of a single structure, a singular component; instead of an assembly.
  5. Consisting of a single program or codebase.

Opposite of
modular
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌmɒn.əˈlɪθ.ɪk/
Etymology

From French monolithique; by surface analysis, monolith + -ic.

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