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monotone

/ monotone /
noun/adjective satellite

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
an unchanging intonation
Type of:
intonation modulation pitch contour
Derived:
drone drone on
noun Sense 2
a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)
Type of:
note musical note tone
adjective satellite Sense 3
sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
"the owl''s faint monotonous hooting"
Similar:
unmelodious unmelodic unmusical
adjective Sense 4
of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
Similar:
decreasing monotonic increasing monotonic
Opposites:
nonmonotonic
Domain:
mathematics math maths
Semantic Complexity
84%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
5
Total Relationships
14
Times Searched
2
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intonation modulation pitch contour note musical note tone unmelodious unmelodic unmusical decreasing monotonic increasing monotonic nonmonotonic