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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 (band), a Bulgarian rock band
• Monolith Festival, a 2007–2009 annual event at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Colorado, US
• Monolith Tour, a 2018–2019 concert tour by Thirty Seconds to Mars

Albums

• Monolith (Amebix album) or the title instrumental, 1987
• Monolith (In Mourning album), 2010
• Monolith (Kansas album), 1979
• Monolith (Omid album), 2003
• Monolith (Sylosis album) or the title song, 2012
• Monolith, a box set by Buckethead (as Death Cube K), 2007

Songs

• "Monolith", by Cannibal Corpse from Vile, 1996
• "Monolith", by Delerium from Spheres, 1994
• "Monolith", by Erra from Neon, 2018
• "Monolith", by Fear Factory from Aggression Continuum, 2021
• "Monolith", by Fit for a King from Lonely God, 2025
• ”Monolith”, by Idles from Tangk, 2024
• "Monolith", by Jedi Mind Tricks from A History of Violence, 2008
• "Monolith", by Melanie Martinez from Hades, 2026
• "Monolith", by Mudvayne from L.D. 50, 2000
• "Monolith", by Stone Sour from Stone Sour, 2002
• "Monolith", by T. Rex from Electric Warrior, 1971
• "Monolith", by Thirty Seconds to Mars from America, 2018
• "Monolith", by Yello from Pocket Universe, 1997
• "The Monolith", by Becoming the Archetype from The Physics of Fire, 2007
• "The Monolith", by the Beta Band from The Patty Patty Sound, 1998
• "Monolithic", by Monster Magnet from Monolithic Baby!, 2004

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
• Mount Monolith, a mountain in Yukon, Canada
• 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)