"monotonic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌmɒnəˈtɒnɪk/ [UK], /ˌmɑnəˈtɑnɪk/ [US] Audio: En-us-monotonic.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɒnɪk Etymology: From Ancient Greek μονότονος (monótonos, “monotone”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{suffix|grc|μονότονος|ικός|nocat=yes|t1=monotone|t2=-ic}} μονότονος (monótonos, “monotone”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} monotonic (not comparable)
  1. 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. Tags: not-comparable Translations (of or using the Greek system of diacritics which discards the breathings and employs a single accent to indicate stress): μονοτονικός (monotonikós) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-monotonic-en-adj-roc311xZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations, Greek Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 8 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 64 14 22 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 59 14 27 Disambiguation of Greek: 86 7 7 Disambiguation of 'of or using the Greek system of diacritics which discards the breathings and employs a single accent to indicate stress': 94 2 4
  2. (mathematics) Of a function: that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Mathematics, Functions Translations (mathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases): monoton (Danish), monotone [feminine, masculine] (French), monoton (German), einhalla [masculine] (Icelandic), aontonach (Irish), monótono (Portuguese), monótono (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-monotonic-en-adj-G7~agQ2R Disambiguation of Functions: 25 63 13 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'mathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases': 6 90 4
  3. Uttered in a monotone; monotonous. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-monotonic-en-adj-dfHaB3S8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: antimonotonic, monotone, monotony, monotonous, monotonic decreasing, monotonic increasing, monotonic function

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