Definition of Monograph

1. Noun. A detailed and documented treatise on a particular subject.

Generic synonyms: Treatise

Definition of Monograph

1. n. A written account or description of a single thing, or class of things; a special treatise on a particular subject of limited range.

Definition of Monograph

1. Noun. A scholarly book or a treatise on a single subject or a group of related subjects, usually written by one person. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To write a monograph on (a subject). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Monograph

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Monograph

1. A written account or description of a single thing, or class of things; a special treatise on a particular subject of limited range. Origin: Mono- + -graph. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Monograph

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monogramed
monograming
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monogrammatic
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monogrammers
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monograph (current term)
monographed
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monography
monogyn
monogynae
monogyne
monogynia

Literary usage of Monograph

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1896)
"... the Philippine and Papuan Islands, to New Guinea and northern Australia. As the author states in his Preface, the present is an entirely new monograph ..."

2. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1901)
"... monograph of the Thrushes ' (edited by Dr. RB Sharpe) is now before us. It continues the series of Blackbirds (Merula:) of the author's arrangement, ..."

3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"A monograph on the ant, as treated by Solomon, showing the harmony of the Book of Proverbs ... To write or produce a monograph on; treat in a monograph. ..."

4. Scientific Papers of Asa Gray by Asa Gray (1889)
"Since then, botanists, aware from this and his other works that the subject was in most able hands, have been anxiously waiting for his full monograph. ..."

5. The Suppression of the African Slave-trade to the United States of America by William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1896)
"I. Plan of the monograph. 2. The Rise of the English Slave-Trade.. Plan of the monograph. This monograph proposes to set forth the efforts made in the ..."

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