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Monotonic Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix mono-

Monotonic has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value

2

sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

"the owl's faint monotonous hooting"

3

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.

Related Terms
Antonyms
nonmonotonic
Rhyming Words
nic danic zanic kinic sinic panic vinic yonic eonic tunic punic xenic ionic sonic monic manic nonic cynic conic genic
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