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
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Liam Hess, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
Into the liquor boxes go monographs about land use, river systems, the market forms of peripheral economies: books a respectable geographer can be relied upon to own.
—Jonah Walters, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024
Based on interviews with dozens of Cuban small-business proprietors and aided by a sophisticated reading of demographic data, Feinberg’s findings in this monograph discredit the tiresome narrative that there has been little real change in Cuba in recent years.
—Philip Brenner, Foreign Affairs, 21 Apr. 2014
Some people think so after noticing former President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka post approvingly on social media about a monograph published by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Design and fashion monographs are artfully stacked on shelves, and there’s an inviting hum of activity as the smartly dressed hotel staff bring out tea to welcome you, or busy themselves with laying the table for dinner service.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
Into the liquor boxes go monographs about land use, river systems, the market forms of peripheral economies: books a respectable geographer can be relied upon to own.
—Jonah Walters, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024
Based on interviews with dozens of Cuban small-business proprietors and aided by a sophisticated reading of demographic data, Feinberg’s findings in this monograph discredit the tiresome narrative that there has been little real change in Cuba in recent years.
—Philip Brenner, Foreign Affairs, 21 Apr. 2014
Some people think so after noticing former President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka post approvingly on social media about a monograph published by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
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monograph
noun
mono·graph
ˈmän-ə-ˌgraf
1
: 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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