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ˈmɒn əˌtoʊnmono·tone
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Princeton's WordNet
monotone, drone, droningnoun
an unchanging intonation
monotoneadjective
a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)
monotonic, monotoneadjective
of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
flat, monotone, monotonic, monotonousadjective
sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
"the owl's faint monotonous hooting"
Wiktionary
monotonenoun
A single unvaried tone of speech or a sound
When Tima felt like her parents were treating her like a servant, she would speak in monotone and act as though she were a robot.
monotoneverb
To speak in a monotone.
monotoneadjective
having a single unvaried pitch
monotoneadjective
property of a function to be either always decreasing or always increasing
Etymology: From the post-Classical monotonus or its etymon the ; compare cognate adjectives, namely the monotone, the monoton, the monotono, and the monótono, as well as the slightly earlier noun monotony and adjective monotonical.
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monotone
Monotone refers to a sequence, function, or property that either consistently increases or decreases in value, maintaining the same pattern or tone throughout. In other words, it strictly moves in one direction, without any fluctuations or variations. The term is commonly used in mathematics, music, speech, and art.
Webster Dictionary
Monotonenoun
a single unvaried tone or sound
Monotonenoun
the utterance of successive syllables, words, or sentences, on one unvaried key or line of pitch
Etymology: [See Monotonous, Monotony.]
Wikidata
Monotone
Monotone is an open source software tool for distributed revision control. Monotone tracks revisions to files, groups sets of revisions into changesets, and tracks history across renames. The focus of the project is on integrity over performance. Monotone is designed for distributed operation, and makes heavy use of cryptographic primitives to track file revisions and to authenticate user actions.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Monotone
mon′ō-tōn, n. a single, unvaried tone or sound: a succession of sounds having the same pitch: a piece of writing in one strain throughout.—v.t. and v.i. to intone, chant.—adjs. Monoton′ic, Monot′onous, uttered in one unvaried tone: marked by dull uniformity.—adv. Monot′onously.—n. Monot′ony, dull uniformity of tone or sound: want of modulation in speaking or reading: (fig.) irksome sameness or want of variety. [Gr. monos, alone, tonos, a tone.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of monotone in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of monotone in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of monotone in a Sentence
In Gene Kranz demanding, commanding and very monotone voice, [ Kranz ] said, We have just locked the doors and we are locked in this room together. We will leave this room together when one of three things happen we land, abort or crash. After Gene Kranz said that, if you didnt know this was important before, you knew it then.
Last time I saw him, he was lying on the floor making a sustained monotone moan.
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