🗣️ Unchanging voice 🗣️ Unvaried sound 📈 Always rising or falling

monotone

7.8

Always going up or always going down without changing direction

adjective
/ˈmɒnəˌtoʊn/

Specialized

: monótono

Now this matrix always exists because this thing is monotone increasing in the matrix sense.

Examples

You can also prove it independently from the monotone convergence theorem.
So that shows the monotone property of this network.
We see a monotone palette rather than one filled with subtle color shifts, and we lose the sense of life.
A little stronger is alternating monotone CVP.
The function produces a monotone increase, meaning it consistently grows without ever declining.
Her presentation was effective because it followed a monotone progression of key ideas, making it easy to follow.
In mathematics, a monotone sequence is one that either only increases or only decreases over time.

Synonyms

monotonic

vsmonotone

Specialized

1 8.6

A list of numbers that only goes up or only goes down

has the same precise mathematical meaning but is the alternate form

Antonyms

oscillating

Specialized

6.2

Moving back and forth in a regular way

Surface Forms

monotone positive

monotoner comparative

monotonest superlative

Morphology

monotone = tone (opaque) = mono + tone

Although it is historically built from mono- plus tone, the mathematical meaning 'not reversing direction' is a specialized extension that is not directly recoverable from the parts for most learners.

Etymology

Monotone in maths comes from mono- 'one' and tone 'pitch', and a helpful way to remember it is to think of a single tone that never changes. That's why a monotone sequence or function always goes in one direction and never turns back.