English
Etymology
From Modern Greek μονοτονικός, derived from Ancient Greek μόνος "single" plus τονικός 'accented'.
Pronunciation
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| w:IPA|IPA || /ˌmɑnəˈtɑnɪk/ || /ˌmɒnəˈtɒnɪk/
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| w:SAMPA|SAMPA || /%mAn@"tAnIk/ || /%mQn@"tQnIk/
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:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɒnɪk|-ɒnɪk
Adjective
monotonic
- of or using the Greek system of diacritics which discards the breathings and employs a single accent to indicate stress.
- mathematics said of a function that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases.
Antonyms
(1): polytonic
Translations
Dutch: eentonig, eentonige, monotoon, monotone
French: monotone m, f
German: monoton, gleich bleibend
Greek: t|el|μονοτονικός|m|sc=Grek (monotonikós)
Portuguese: monotônico
Related terms
monotone
monotony
monotonous
monotonic decreasing
monotonic increasing
vi:monotonic
zh:monotonic
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