Monotone

noun

Word Frequency: 0.7

Definitions

1.nounA single unvaried tone of speech or a sound.

"When Tima felt like her parents were treating her like a servant, she would speak in monotone and act as though she were a robot."

2.nounA piece of writing in one strain throughout.

3.verbTo speak in a monotone.

4.adjective(of speech or a sound) Having a single unvaried pitch.

5.adjectiveBeing, or having the salient properties of, a monotone function.

"The function f(x):=x^3 is monotone on \R, while g(x):=x^2 is not."

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