monolithic

Adjective Satellite

• imposing in size or bulk or solidity
  • "the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture"
• characterized by massiveness and rigidity and total uniformity
  • "a monolithic society"
  • "a monolithic worldwide movement"

Adj

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

Examples

• A monolithic chunk of titanium with facets for cutting, wrenching, and prying.
• Mainstream culture is hardly the monolithic block that its caricaturization often implies.
• Monolithic kernels perform all operating system duties in kernel space.
• Monolithic space stations only have a single station module.

Synonyms

massive, monumental, homogeneous

Antonyms

modular

Related Words

-ic, -lith, lith-, lithic, mono-, monolith