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Monotonic

//ˌmɒnəˈtɒnɪk// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or using the Greek system of diacritics which discards the breathings and employs a single accent to indicate stress. It replaced polytonic system in 1982. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Of a function: that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Uttered in a monotone; monotonous. not-comparable

    "The Same Spade talk-alike, super-cynical heroine of the piece is named Emma Victor, and there's no end to her rapid-fire, monotonic, street-smart patter."

Adjective
  1. 1
    sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch wordnet
  2. 2
    of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value wordnet

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μονότονος (monótonos, “monotone”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), equivalent to monotone + -ic.

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