monotonic
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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μονότονος (monótonos, “monotone”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), equivalent to monotone + -ic.
Pronunciation
Adjective
monotonic (not comparable)
- 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.
- (mathematics) Of a function: that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases.
- Uttered in a monotone; monotonous.
- 1988 December 11, Georgia Cotrell, “A Lezbeen Sam Spade”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 8:
- 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.
Usage notes
Not to be confused with the similar sounding monatomic.
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “using Greek system of diacritics”): polytonic
Related terms
- antimonotonic
- monotone
- monotony
- monotonous
- monotonic decreasing
- monotonic increasing
- monotonic function
Translations
of or using the Greek system of diacritics which discards the breathings and employs a single accent to indicate stress
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mathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases
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Further reading
Greek diacritics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Monotonic function on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
