monotonic

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˌmɒnəˈtɒnɪk/
• (America) IPA: /ˌmɑnəˈtɑnɪk/

Adjective

monotonic (not comparable)

1. of or using the Greek system of diacritics which discards the breathings and employs a single accent to indicate stress. It replaced polytonic#English|polytonic system in 1982.
2. (mathematics) said of a function that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases.
3. Uttered in a monotone; monotonous.

Antonyms

• (using Greek system of diacritics) polytonic

Related terms

• antimonotonic
• monotone
• monotony
• monotonous
• monotonic decreasing
• monotonic increasing
• monotonic function

Translations

• French: monotone
• German: monoton
• Spanish: monótono, monótona

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