Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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monotonic | No | Yes | No | No |
monotone | Yes | Yes | No | No |
monotonic (noun) | monotone (noun) |
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an unchanging intonation | |
a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts) |
monotonic (adjective) | monotone (adjective) |
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of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value | of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value |
sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch | sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch |