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Monograph

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A scholarly book or a treatise on a single subject or a group of related subjects; especially, such a document that is written by one person.

    "It may still be years before we see, what we all look forward to, the great and final book on Knossos. Meanwhile learned monographs on different sections of the subject have been fast accumulating. They form the principal contents of six successive Annuals of the British School at Athens, and a not inconsiderable portion of the six corresponding volumes of The Journal of Hellenic Studies."

  2. 2
    a detailed and documented treatise on a particular subject wordnet
  3. 3
    A nonserial (nonperiodical) publication: a one-time publication. archaic
  4. 4
    A single letter, especially one which represents a phoneme by itself. uncommon
Verb
  1. 1
    To write a monograph on (a subject). transitive

    "It is among the most studied, monographed, celebrated and sent-up works of modern art, and perhaps as influential as any from the last century."

  2. 2
    Of the FDA: to publish a standard that authorizes the use of (a substance). US, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From mono- (“one”) + -graph (“write”).

Etymology 2

From mono- (“one”) + -graph (“write”).

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