monotone
mo·no·tone
adjective
of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
noun
a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)
Origin
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 German monoton, the Italian monotono, and the Spanish monótono, as well as the slightly earlier English noun monotony and adjective monotonical.
Phrases
- monotone convergence theorem
- monotone function
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