Mono may refer to:

Common meanings

Infectious mononucleosis Infectious mononucleosis (IM, mono), also known as glandular fever, is an infection usually caused by the Epstein–Barr virus (EBV). Most people are infected by the virus as children, when the disease produces few or no symptoms. In young adult ...

, "the kissing disease" *

Monaural Monaural or monophonic sound reproduction (often shortened to mono) is sound intended to be heard as if it were emanating from one position. This contrasts with stereophonic sound or ''stereo'', which uses two separate audio channels to reproduc ...

, monophonic sound reproduction, often shortened to mono *

Mono- Numeral or number prefixes are prefixes derived from numerals or occasionally other numbers. In English and many other languages, they are used to coin numerous series of words. For example: * unicycle, bicycle, tricycle (1-cycle, 2-cycle, 3-cyc ...

, a numerical prefix representing anything single

Music

Performers

Mono (Japanese band) Mono (stylised as MONO) is a Japanese instrumental band, formed in 1999 in Tokyo. The band consists of Takaakira "Taka" Goto (electric guitar, glockenspiel), Hideki "Yoda" Suematsu (electric guitar, glockenspiel), Dahm Majuri Cipolla (drums), and ...

, an instrumental band *

Mono (UK band) Mono was a British electronic music duo which had a hit in the late 1990s with their song " Life in Mono". The group's music is often described as trip hop, based on its similarities to contemporary electronic music acts including Sneaker Pimps ...

, an electronic band * Miky Mono, former member of Mono Inc., a German gothic rock band * Richard Targett and the Monos, a side-project to

The Trudy The Trudy are an English post-punk band formed in Kingston upon Thames in 1979 by former Cardiacs members Peter Tagg (drums) and Ralph Cade (vocals and keyboards) along with Derek Tagg (guitar) and Sue Smallwood (bass). In 1980 The Trudy, with ...

Albums

* ''Mono'' (Alpha Wolf album) or the title song, 2017 * ''Mono'' (Fury in the Slaughterhouse album), 1993 * ''Mono'' (The Icarus Line album), 2001 * ''Mono'' (Lena Katina album) or the title song, 2019 * ''Mono'' (The Mavericks album), 2015 * ''Mono'' (mixtape), by RM, 2018 * ''Mono'', by Paul Westerberg, packaged with ''

Stereo Stereophonic sound, or more commonly stereo, is a method of sound reproduction that recreates a multi-directional, 3-dimensional audible perspective. This is usually achieved by using two independent audio channels through a configuration ...

'', 2002

Songs

* "Mono" (song), by Courtney Love, 2004 * "Mono", by Fightstar from ''

They Liked You Better When You Were Dead ''They Liked You Better When You Were Dead'' is the debut EP by English rock band Fightstar, released on 28 February 2005 through Sandwich Leg Records. The release proved a critical success, in spite of the cynics' initial expectations of the ...

'', 2005 * "Mono", by Monrose from ''

Ladylike ''Ladylike'' is the fourth and final studio album by German pop trio Monrose. It was released by Starwatch Music in association with Cheyenne Records and the Warner Music Group on 11 June 2010 in German-speaking Europe. Conceived during a hiat ...

'', 2010 * "Mono", by Whitechapel from ''

Our Endless War ''Our Endless War'' is the fifth studio album by American deathcore band Whitechapel. The album was released on April 29, 2014, via Metal Blade. The song "The Saw Is the Law" was released on February 26, 2014, as the first single off the album. ...

'', 2014

Places

United States

* Mono or

Mono Mills, California Mono Mills (also, Mono) is a ghost town in Mono County, California. It is located east-southeast of Lee Vining, at an elevation of 7356 feet (2242 m). Mono Mills has nearly vanished. Its site is along California State Route 120, east from the j ...

, a ghost town *

Mono County, California Mono County ( ) is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,195, making it the fourth-least populous county in California. The county seat is Bridgeport. The coun ...

Mono Village, Mono County, California Mono Village is a community in Mono County, California. It is located southwest of Bridgeport, at an elevation of 7142 feet (2177 m). It is part of the Twin Lakes census-designated place. It is currently a vacation destination that attracts hund ...

, a former settlement *

Mono Lake Mono Lake ( ) is a saline soda lake in Mono County, California, formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in an endorheic basin. The lack of an outlet causes high levels of salts to accumulate in the lake which make its water alk ...

, California *

Mono Pass Mono Pass is a mountain pass, just outside Yosemite National Park, near the region of Tuolumne Meadows. Mono Pass is between Mount Gibbs and Mount Lewis. There is another pass also named Mono less than 40 miles away in the Rock Creek/Little ...

, Yosemite National park, California

Elsewhere

Mono Department Mono is one of the twelve departments of Benin, with its capital at Lokossa. It is named for the Mono River which forms much of the border with Togo. The northern areas of the department were split off to create the newly formed Kouffo Department ...

, Benin *

Mono, Ontario The Town of Mono is situated in south-central Ontario, Canada, at the south-east corner of Dufferin County. It stretches from Ontario Highway 9, Highway 9 along its southern border to Ontario Highway 89, Highway 89 along its northern border. Its b ...

, Canada, a town * Monó, Romania, a village *

Mono Island Mono Island is the largest island of the Treasury Islands, Solomon Islands, at . Geography Mono island is a volcanic island in the northwest of the Solomon Islands. It is separated by the Blanche Harbour from Stirling Island and the other cora ...

, Solomon Islands *

Mono River The Mono River is the major river of eastern Togo. Approximately long, and draining a basin of about , it rises between the town of Sokodé and the border with Benin, and flows south. Along the southern portion of the river towards its mouth, i ...

, Togo

People and languages

Mono tribe The Mono ( ) are a Native American people who traditionally live in the central Sierra Nevada, the Eastern Sierra (generally south of Bridgeport), the Mono Basin, and adjacent areas of the Great Basin. The Eastern mono is often grouped under th ...

, a tribe of Native Americans in California **

Mono language (California) Mono ( ) is a Native American language of the Numic group of Uto-Aztecan languages, the ancestral language of the Mono people. Mono consists of two dialects, ''Eastern'' and ''Western''. The name "Monachi" is commonly used in reference to West ...

, their language *

Mono people (Congo) The Mono people are a Sub-Saharan people of the Sudanic cluster residing on land adjacent to the northwestern border of the Democratic Republic of Congo. External linksPeople in Country Profile for the Mono PeopleJoshua Project The Joshua Proje ...

, ethnic group of the Democratic Republic of the Congo **

Mono language (Congo) Mono is a language spoken by about 65,000 people in the northwestern corner of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is one of the Banda languages, a subbranch of the Ubangian branch of the Niger–Congo languages. It has five dialects: Bili, ...

, their language * Mono language (Solomon Islands), a dialect of Mono-Alu language *

José María Gatica José María Gatica (25 May 1925 – 12 November 1963) was an Argentine boxer, one of Argentina's most famous sports idols. Gatica fought 96 times, winning 86 (72 by KO). He was a popular figure in Argentina. However, Gatica's boxing career was ...

(1925–1963), Argentine boxer nicknamed "El Mono"

Other uses

BAC Mono Briggs Automotive Company (BAC) is a British car manufacturer that created Mono, a road-legal sports car with only one seat. BAC is based in the city of Liverpool, United Kingdom, Mono cars are exported to 46 countries around the world. Backgrou ...

, a British sports car which began production in 2011 * Mono, a character in the video game ''

Little Nightmares II ''Little Nightmares II'' is a puzzle-platform horror adventure game developed by Tarsier Studios, published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is the prequel to ''Little Nightmares'' (2017). The story follows Mono, who must work together with ...

'' * Mono, a character in the video game ''

Shadow of the Colossus ''Shadow of the Colossus'' is a 2005 action-adventure game developed by Japan Studio and Team Ico, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. It takes place in a fantasy setting and follows Wander, a young man who ente ...

'' * ''Mono'' (film), a 2016 American film featuring

Sam Lerner Samuel Bryce Lerner (born September 27, 1992) is an American actor, who is most known for his role as Geoff Schwartz on '' The Goldbergs'', Chowder in '' Monster House'', and as Quinn Goldberg in ''Project Almanac''. Career Lerner appeared in ...

Mono (software) Mono is a free and open-source .NET Framework-compatible software framework. Originally by Ximian, it was later acquired by Novell, and is now being led by Xamarin, a subsidiary of Microsoft and the .NET Foundation. Mono can be run on many so ...

, an open source implementation of the Common Language Infrastructure (.NET) *

Monocyte Monocytes are a type of leukocyte or white blood cell. They are the largest type of leukocyte in blood and can differentiate into macrophages and conventional dendritic cells. As a part of the vertebrate innate immune system monocytes also inf ...

, a type of leukocyte (white blood cell) *

Monodactylidae Monodactylidae is a family of perciform bony fish commonly referred to as monos, moonyfishes or fingerfishes. All are strongly laterally compressed with disc-shaped bodies and tall anal and dorsal fins. Unusually for fish, scales occur on their ...

, members of which are referred to as monos *

Monomorphism In the context of abstract algebra or universal algebra, a monomorphism is an injective homomorphism. A monomorphism from to is often denoted with the notation X\hookrightarrow Y. In the more general setting of category theory, a monomorphism ...

, in category theory * Order of Mono, the highest Togolese order of chivalry