monotone

n.

1. A succession of sounds or words uttered in a single tone of voice.
2. Music.
   1. A single tone repeated with different words or time values, especially in a rendering of a liturgical text.
   2. 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 (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.

noun

A tiresome lack of variety: humdrum, monotonousness, monotony, sameness. See change/persist, excite/bore/interest.

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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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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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

Italiano (Italian)
monotono

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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