LekhoriLekhoriHaving a single unvaried pitch.
The prominence of the syllables is more monotone than in English, the intonation of the latter having a larger variation of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Of a function: that is always nonincreasing or nondecreasing on an interval.
The function f(x)#58;#61;x³ is monotone on #92;R, while g(x)#58;#61;x² is not.
Synonym of monochrome.
A single unvaried tone of speech or a sound.
When Tima felt like her parents were treating her like a servant, she would speak in monotone and act as though she were a robot.
To speak in a monotone.
From the post-Classical Latin monotonus (“unvarying in tone”) or its etymon the Ancient Greek μονότονος (monótonos, “steady”, “unwavering”); compare cognate adjectives, namely the French monotone, the...
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A piece of writing in one strain throughout.