monotonic
adjUK /ˌmɒnəˈtɒnɪk/ · US /ˌmɑnəˈtɑnɪk/
Etymology From Ancient Greek μονότονος (monótonos, “monotone”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), equivalent to monotone + -ic.
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.
2
Mathematics, Sciences Of a function: that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases.
3
Uttered in a monotone; monotonous.
- 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.1988 December 11, Georgia Cotrell, “A Lezbeen Sam Spade”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 8:
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- Derived terms
- comonotonic, monotonically, monotonicity, nonmonotonic
- Related terms
- antimonotonic, monotone, monotonic decreasing, monotonic function, monotonic increasing, monotonous, monotony