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monotonic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective monotonic has 2 senses
- monotonic(a = adj.all) monotone - of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value; Array Antonym: nonmonotonic
- monotonic(s = adj.all) flat, monotone, monotonous - sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting" Derived forms noun monotone1, noun monotone2
CIDE DICTIONARY
monotonic, a.
- Of, pertaining to, or uttered in, a monotone; monotonous. Chesterfield. [1913 Webster]
- Always increasing or always decreasing, as the value of the independent variable increases; -- of a function. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
monotonic, adj.
1 uttered in a monotone.
2 Math. (of a function or quantity) varying in such a way that it either never decreases or never increases.
1 uttered in a monotone.
2 Math. (of a function or quantity) varying in such a way that it either never decreases or never increases.
Derivative
monotonically adv.
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