monotonic

adjective

mono·ton·ic | \ ˌmä-nə-ˈtä-nik

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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Other Words from monotonic

monotonically \ ˌmä-nə-ˈtä-ni-k(ə-)lē

\ adverb

monotonicity \ ˌmä-nə-tō-ˈni-sə-tē

\ noun

Examples of monotonic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Delivered in a monotonic, almost spooky deadpan, the track has the feeling of poetry or performance art. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2022 What is being mourned isn't exactly the paper, but the possibility of its existence in this city that prided itself for its witty discretions - now replaced by a monotonic, absolute drone. — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 24 June 2021 Gupta embeds those monotonic relationships in sprawling databases called interpolated lookup tables. — Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 6 July 2017

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