mono·graph
ˈmä-nə-ˌgraf 
: a learned treatise on a small area of learning
his concise monograph on The Authorship of Shakespeare's Plays—
Brian Vickers
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: a written account of a single thing
wrote a monograph on the art of origami
monographed; monographing; monographs
: to write a monograph on
Examples of monograph in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebOliver Radclyffe, Them, 17 Sep. 2024
Harari’s first monograph, based on his Oxford doctoral thesis, analyzed the genre characteristics of early modern soldiers’ memoirs.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2024
The Political Economy of China-Latin America Relations by Barbara Stallings
Stallings’s little gem of a monograph describes a relationship of growing but not necessarily malign dependency in the burgeoning ties between Latin America and China.
—Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2020
In this Hamptons dining room designed by Thomas O'Brien and Deborah Berke, a monograph is added to the mix.
—Sydney Wasserman, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Oliver Radclyffe is the author of the monograph Adult Human Male, and the memoir Frighten the Horses, which was one of Oprah Daily and People Magazine’s best books of the fall.
—Oliver Radclyffe, Them, 17 Sep. 2024
Harari’s first monograph, based on his Oxford doctoral thesis, analyzed the genre characteristics of early modern soldiers’ memoirs.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2024
The Political Economy of China-Latin America Relations by Barbara Stallings
Stallings’s little gem of a monograph describes a relationship of growing but not necessarily malign dependency in the burgeoning ties between Latin America and China.
—Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2020
In this Hamptons dining room designed by Thomas O'Brien and Deborah Berke, a monograph is added to the mix.
—Sydney Wasserman, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2024
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monograph
noun
mono·graph
ˈmän-ə-ˌgraf
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: a learned detailed treatise covering a small area of a field of learning
this monograph covers the development of intravenous anesthesia from 1872—The Journal of the American Medical Association
The Journal of the American Medical Association2
: a description (as in the United States Pharmacopeia) of the name, chemical formula, and uniform method for determining the strength and purity of a drug
monograph
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