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comparative more monolithic, superlative most monolithic
Of or resembling a monolith. examples
(engineering) Consisting of a single piece of homogeneous material as opposed to a composite material or an assembly of multiple parts. examples
(figurative) Having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation. quotations examples
Farming today is industrial, and dominated by monolithic corporations who control almost all the food we eat.
2017, Adam Rutherford, A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived, The Experiment, page 71
(figurative) Of a single structure, a singular component; instead of an assembly. examples
(software engineering) Consisting of a single program or codebase. quotations examples
In the monolithic architecture software system is deployed as a single solution, in which functionally distinguishable aspects are all interwoven.
2020, L. S. Jayashree, G. Selvakumar, Getting Started with Enterprise Internet of Things […] , Springer Nature, page 103