half a dialogue

Half a dialogue is not a monologue.

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If a monologue is a (long) speech by one speaker and a dialogue a conversation between two or more people, what is a dialogue when one of the speakers cannot be heard; for example half of a telephone conversation or when one of the speakers speaks for the other speaker.

Is it a half-dialogue? It certainly is not a monologue.

And what is a speech by a group of speakers (speaking as one voice)? Also a monologue?