mon·o·tone (m n  -t n )n. 1. A succession of sounds or words uttered in a single tone of voice. 2. Music a. A single tone repeated with different words or time values, especially in a rendering of a liturgical text. b. A chant in a single tone. 3. Sameness or dull repetition in sound, style, manner, or color. adj. 1. Characterized by or uttered in a monotone: a monotone recitation of names. 2. Of or having a single color: a cat with a monotone coat. 3. also mon·o·ton·ic (m n-tn k) Mathematics Designating sequences, the successive members of which either consistently increase or decrease but do not oscillate in relative value. Each member of a monotone increasing sequence is greater than or equal to the preceding member; each member of a monotone decreasing sequence is less than or equal to the preceding member.[From Greek monotonos, monotonous; see monotonous.] mon o·tonic (-tnk) adj.mon o·toni·cal·ly adv. |
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| Adj. | 1. | monotonic - of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement nonmonotonic - not monotonic |
| 2. | monotonic - sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting" unmodulated - characterized by lack of variation in pitch, tone, or volume; "he lectured in an unmodulated voice edged with hysteria" |
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