mono·ton·ic | \ ˌmä-nə-ˈtä-nik 
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\Definition of monotonic
1 : characterized by the use of or uttered in a monotone She recited the poem in a monotonic voice.
2 : having the property either of never increasing or of never decreasing as the values of the independent variable or the subscripts of the terms increase
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monotonically \ ˌmä-nə-ˈtä-ni-k(ə-)lē \ adverb
\ adverbmonotonicity \ ˌmä-nə-tō-ˈni-sə-tē \ noun
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The first known use of monotonic was in 1797
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