Meanings
- not comparableOf 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.
- not comparablemathematicsOf a function: that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases.
- not comparableUttered 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
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
adjectivesounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From Ancient Greek μονότονος (monótonos, “monotone”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), equivalent to monotone + -ic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian монотонен, монотонен
- монотонен (monotonen)of or using the Greek system of diacritics which discards the breathings and employs a single accent to indicate stress
- монотонен (monotonen)mathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases
Catalan monòton
- monòtonmathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases
Danish monoton
- monotonmathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases
French monotone
- monotonemathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases
German monoton
- monotonmathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases
Greek μονοτονικός
- μονοτονικός (monotonikós)of or using the Greek system of diacritics which discards the breathings and employs a single accent to indicate stress
Icelandic einhalla
- einhallamathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases
Irish aontonach
- aontonachmathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases
Italian monotono
- monotonomathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases
Portuguese monótono
- monótonomathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases
Spanish monótono
- monótonomathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases
Vietnamese đơn điệu
- đơn điệumathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with monotonic
Cite this entry
monotonic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monotonic
“monotonic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monotonic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “monotonic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monotonic.
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