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monostratal

monostratal adjective: composed of or organized as a single stratum.

Adjective

monostratal (not comparable)

  1. composed of or organized as a single stratum.
    • […]a difference of 18 in favor of the monostratal version. To date this model has yet to see any extensive degree of application, but it seems that there[…]1972, David G. Lockwood, Introduction to Stratificational Linguistics, →ISBN, page 232
    • First, it is a monostratal model that does not require transduction. Hence it enjoys the full restrictiveness of finite state automata over transducers.2009, William D. Lewis with Simin Karimi and Heidi Harley, Time and again: Theoretical perspectives on formal linguistics in honor of D. Terrence Langendoen, →ISBN, page 220

Origin of monostratal

From mono- + stratal.

Questions about monostratal

What does monostratal mean?
Monostratal means composed of or organized as a single stratum.
What part of speech is monostratal?
Monostratal is an adjective.

Words near monostratal in the dictionary

  1. monostomes
  2. monostomous
  3. monostotic
  4. monostrand
  5. monostrands
  6. monostratal
  7. monostratification
  8. monostratified
  9. monostromatic
  10. monostrophe
  11. monostrophes

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