Monolith
the word monolith (griech. mono : einzel~ and lithos - stone) means as much as “Einstein”. One names larger natural stones or other objects, which consist of a piece.
In certain religions monolithic stones a religious often becomes or ritual meaning attached. For example Obelisken can be Monolithe.
Also grave plants like the seven stone houses rank among it.
In the antique art become also statues, which gehauen from only one stone are as monolithic designated.
One calls reinforced concrete compound units, which are locally poured, monolithically.
Integrated if circuits, which are developed on a only one (silicon) crystal (chip), monolithic are called - in contrast z. B. to the thick-film hybrid technology.
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general linguistic usage
monolithic is called, whatof a large whole one consists, contrary to modular one or building up.
examples
- of the Linux - Kernel knows both monolithically, D. h. with all necessary functions, and modular, D integrates directly. h. Functions will be reloaded, compiled if necessary with modules .
- Monolithe and statues
- at Swiss national exhibition in the year 2002 a monolith was set up in the middle in the water (architect: Jean Nouvel). The building was broken off after the exhibition.
- Findlinge are monolithic stone blocks, which were deposited in the process of the ice age, mostly in the area of the Endmoräne.
- Ayers skirt, Australia;
- largest monolith of the world: Mount Augustus in west Australia
- el Capitan, California, the USA
- Obelisk, more free standing, more highly, itself upward tapering stone column, which has a pyramid-shaped point. Height: 7 - like
the pyramid those places 32 m the Obeliskstone-become jets of the antique Egyptian sun God RA (od. Aton) and should be the connection between the local and the God world.
political linguistic usage
also parties or organizations can be described as monolithic. For example the CDU in the literature often became asmonolithic action unit described. This was rejected however by Josef Schmidt.
Forge, Josef, 1995: Expert questioning and information discussion in the party research: “As the CDU is föderalistisch? In: Alemann (1995) S. 293-326
synonyms:
- Hinkelstein
- Menhir
