Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
relating to or having or hearing with only one ear;
- Example: "monaural deafness"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Monophonic \Mon`o*phon"ic\, a. [Mono- + Gr. ? a voice.]
1. (Mus.) Single-voiced; having but one part; as, a
monophonic composition; -- opposed to polyphonic.
[1913 Webster]
2. Of or relating to a system for recording and reproducing
sound, which has only one sound channel; also called
monaural or mono. It contrasts with stereophonic (or
stereo), quadraphonic, or surround-sound, which have
two or more channels, and can thus reproduce the effect of
the sound coming from more than one direction.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
monaural \mon*au"ral\ (m[o^]n*[^o]r"al), a.
1. Having or hearing with only one ear.
[PJC]
2. Same as monophonic[2].
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
monaural
adj 1: relating to or having or hearing with only one ear;
"monaural deafness" [ant: biaural, binaural]