monotonic

CEFRB2

/ˌmɒnəˈtɒnɪk/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Changing steadily in only one direction.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Of a function: that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases.

Examples

  • The function had a monotonic increasing trend.

  • The graph shows a monotonic increase in sales over time.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
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Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Uttered in a monotone; monotonous.

  2. 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.

More examples

In context

  • The monotonic tone put the audience to sleep.

  • 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.

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The blank increase in temperature was consistent and showed no fluctuations over the entire experiment.

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Origin

adjective

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