monotone
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mon·o·tone
(mŏn'ə-tōn') 
n.
monotonically mon'o·ton'i·cal·ly adv.
n.
- A succession of sounds or words uttered in a single tone of voice.
- Music.
- A single tone repeated with different words or time values, especially in a rendering of a liturgical text.
- A chant in a single tone.
- Sameness or dull repetition in sound, style, manner, or color.
- Characterized by or uttered in a monotone: a monotone recitation of names.
- Of or having a single color: a cat with a monotone coat.
- also mon·o·ton·ic (mŏn'ə-tŏn'ĭk) 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.]
monotonic mon'o·ton'ic (-tŏn'ĭk) adj.monotonically mon'o·ton'i·cal·ly adv.
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monotone
noun
- A tiresome lack of variety: humdrum, monotonousness, monotony, sameness. See change/persist, excite/bore/interest.
Oxford Grove Music Encyclopedia:
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Monotone
A single unvaried tone, or a succession of sounds at the same pitch. Liturgical texts are often recited ‘in monotone’; the device is also used for special effects in opera.
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monotone
IN BRIEF: Keeping of the same tone or pitch without change in talking or singing.
I could not stay awake during that class because the professor spoke in a monotone.
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Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry:
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monotonic
(of a mathematical function) varying in such a manner that it continuously either increases or decreases as the independent variable increases.
—monotonically adv.
| monoterpene, monospecific, monosomic | |
| monotopic, monovalent, monozygotic |
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Look up monotone in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
Monotone refers to a sound, for example speech or music, that has a single unvaried tone.
Monotone or monotonicity may also refer to:
- Monotone (software), an open source revision control system
- Monotone class theorem, in measure theory
- Monotone convergence theorem, in mathematics
- Monotone polygon, in geometry
- Monotone preferences, in consumer economics
- Monotonicity criterion, a voting system criterion
- Monotonic function, mathematical concept
- Monotonic orthography, simplified spelling of modern Greek
- Monotonicity of entailment, property of some logical systems
- The Monotones, American rock 'n' roll band (1950s)
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Monotone
Dansk (Danish)
n. - monotone, ensformig tone
adj. - monoton, ensformig
Nederlands (Dutch)
monotoon, monotone klankreeks, eentonige voordracht, opdreunen
Français (French)
n. - voix/ton monotone
adj. - monotone
Deutsch (German)
n. - gleichbleibender Ton, Eintönigkeit
adj. - monoton, eintönig
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μονοτονία, έλλειψη χρωματικού τόνου, μονότονη ομιλία
adj. - μονότονος
Português (Portuguese)
n. - monotonia (f), monocromo (f)
adj. - monótono
Русский (Russian)
монотонность, монотонно читать или говорить, монотонный
Español (Spanish)
n. - monotonía , unisonancia
adj. - monótono
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - entonigt tal
adj. - entonig
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
单调, 单调的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 單調
adj. - 單調的
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 단조
adj. - 단조의
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 一本調子, 単調さ, 単調
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) إطراد رتيب (صفه) رتيب, ممل
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - צליל חדגוני (ללא שינוי בגובהו), סגנון כתיבה חדגוני
adj. - חדגוני, מונוטוני
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