A monolith is a monument or natural feature consisting of a single massive stone or rock.
Monolith or monolithic may also refer to:
Architecture
- Monolithic architecture, a style of construction in which a building is carved, cast or excavated from a single piece of material
 - Monolithic column, column made from one single piece of stone
 - Monolithic dome, structure cast in one piece over a form, made of concrete or similar structural material
 
Arts and entertainment
Art
- Monolitten, Norwegian for The Monolith, a sculpture in Vigeland Sculpture Park in Norway
 - Utah monolith, a metal pillar sculpture in the desert in Utah, U.S.
 - Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, a photograph by Ansel Adams
 
Characters and entities
- Monolith, character from the Elementals comic book series
 - Monolith (Space Odyssey), the Monoliths featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey and its sequels
 - The Monolith, a faction from the video games S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl and others in the same series
 
Entertainment companies
- Monolith Productions, Washington State–based video game development house and subsidiary of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
 - Monolith Soft, Japanese video game developer and subsidiary of Nintendo
 
Film
- Monolith (1993 film), an American film starring Bill Paxton
 - Monolith (2016 film), an Italian sci-fi thriller starring Katrina Bowden
 - Monolith (2022 film), an Australian sci-fi thriller starring Lily Sullivan
 
Literature
- Monolith (comics), comic book series and the name of its titular character
 - Monolith (novel), a 2004 novel by John Passarella
 
Music
- Monolith Festival, a Colorado music festival
 - Monolithic (band), a synthpop band
 - Monolith (band), a Bulgarian rock band
 - The Monolith Tour, a worldwide tour by American rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars
 
Albums
- Monolith (Kansas album), 1979
 - Monolith (Amebix album), 1987
 - Monolith a 2007 album by Buckethead under his Death Cube K alias
 - Monolith (In Mourning album), 2010
 - Monolith (Sylosis album), 2012
 - Monolith (Omid album), 2003
 
Songs
- "Monolithic", a song by Monster Magnet from the album Monolithic Baby!
 - "Monolith", a song by Stone Sour from the album Stone Sour
 - "Monolith", a song by T. Rex from the album Electric Warrior
 - "Monolith", a song by Yello from the album Pocket Universe
 - "Monolith", a song by Wolfmother
 - "Monoliths", a song by Maserati
 - "Monolith", a song by Jedi Mind Tricks from the album A History of Violence
 - "The Monolith", a song by The Beta Band from the E.P The Patty Patty Sound, later included on the compilation album The Three E.P.'s
 - "Monolith", a song by Delerium from their 1994 album Spheres
 - "Monolith", a song by Cannibal Corpse from their 1996 album Vile
 - "Monolith", a song by Mudvayne from their 2000 album L.D. 50
 - "The Monolith", a song by Becoming the Archetype from their 2007 album The Physics of Fire
 - "Monolith", a song by Youngblood Supercult from their 2016 album High Plains
 - "Monolith", a song by Erra from their 2018 album Neon
 - "Monolith", a song by Fear Factory from their 2021 album Aggression Continuum
 
Computers
- Monolithic application, software architecture for computer applications
 - Monolithic codebase, repository architecture for source control
 - Monolithic kernel, kernel architecture for computer operating systems
 - Monolithic system, computer system architecture where processing, data and the user interface all reside on the same system
 
Electronic circuits
- Monolithic integrated circuit or "monolithic system", an electronic system, such as a processor, realized on a single die
 - Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (often abbreviated MMIC), a type of integrated circuit (IC) device that operates at microwave frequencies (300 MHz to 300 GHz)
 
Places
- Monolith, California, United States
 - The Monolith (Antarctica), a pair of Antarctic islets
 - The Monoliths (Manchester-by-the-Sea), United States
 - Phobos monolith, a rock on Mars' largest moon, Phobos
 
Other uses
- Monolith (catalyst support), an extruded structure to support catalysts
 - Single crystal, unified crystal, also called monocrystal or monolithic
 
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Monolith
 - All pages with titles containing monolith
 - All pages with titles containing monolithic
 - Mono (disambiguation)
 - Lith (disambiguation)
 
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