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monotonic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌmɒnəˈtɒnək/ (New-Zealand)
  • /ˌmɑnəˈtɑnɪk/ (General-American, dialectal) of Canada
  • /ˌmɔnəˈtɔnɪk/ (Australia)
  • /ˌmɒnəˈtɒnɪk/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
  • /ˌmɒnəˈtɒnɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (California) audio
  • [ˌmɔ̟nəˈtɔ̟nək] (New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μονότονος (monótonos, “monotone”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), equivalent to monotone + -ic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or using the Greek system of diacritics which discards the breathings and employs a single accent to indicate stress. It replaced polytonic system in 1982.
  2. (not-comparable) Of a function: that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases.
  3. (not-comparable) Uttered in a monotone; monotonous.
    • The Same Spade talk-alike, super-cynical heroine of the piece is named Emma Victor, and there's no end to her rapid-fire, monotonic, street-smart patter. 1988 December 11, Georgia Cotrell, “A Lezbeen Sam Spade”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 8:

Antonyms

antonym(s) of

Deriveds

monotonicity · monotonically · nonmonotonic · comonotonic

Relateds

monotonous · monotonic increasing · monotony · antimonotonic · monotonic decreasing · monotone · monotonic function

Translations (15)

da monoton (mathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases) · de monoton (mathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases) · it monotono (mathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases) · is einhalla (mathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases) · vi đơn điệu (mathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases) · gl monótono (mathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases) · ast monótonu (mathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases) · ga aontonach (mathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases) · es monótono (mathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases) · bg монотонен (of or using the Greek system of diacritics which discards the breathings and employs a single accent to indicate stress) · pt monótono (mathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases) · ca monòton (mathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases) · bg монотонен (mathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases) · el μονοτονικός (of or using the Greek system of diacritics which discards the breathings and employs a single accent to indicate stress) · fr monotone (mathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases)