MONOLITH • FREE-TRANSLATOR.COM • Definition of Monolith

... of the god seems the very abode of silence and rest. It might be Nirvana itself, human entrance to an immortality like the god's within, so peaceful, so pervasive is its calm; and in its midst is the moss-covered monolith, holding in its embrace the little imprisoned pool of water. So still is the spot and so clear the liquid that you know the one only as the reflection of the other. Mirrored in its glassy surface appears everything around it. As you peer in, far down you see a tiny bit of sky, as deep as ...

— The Soul of the Far East • Percival Lowell

... a material which shows to the best advantage as a monolith, and, as such, the simple beam seems to be decidedly out of date to the ...

— Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design • Edward Godfrey