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MONOTONE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An unchanging intonation
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("monotone" is a kind of...):
intonation; modulation; pitch contour (rise and fall of the voice pitch)
Derivation:
monotone; monotonic (sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("monotone" is a kind of...):
musical note; note; tone (a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound)
Derivation:
monotonic (sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
Example:
the owl's faint monotonous hooting
Synonyms:
flat; monotone; monotonic; monotonous
Classified under:
Similar:
unmodulated (characterized by lack of variation in pitch, tone, or volume)
Derivation:
monotone (an unchanging intonation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
Synonyms:
monotone; monotonic
Classified under:
Similar:
decreasing monotonic (consistently decreasing)
increasing monotonic (consistently increasing)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
