monotonic
Adjective
- of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
Adjective Satellite
- sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
Adj
- Of or using the Greek system of diacritics which discards the breathings and employs a single accent to indicate stress. It replaced polytonic system in 1982.
- Of a function: that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases.
- Uttered in a monotone; monotonous.
Origin / Etymology
From Ancient Greek μονότονος (monótonos, “monotone”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), equivalent to monotone + -ic.
Synonyms
Antonyms
nonmonotonic, antonym(s) of
Scrabble Score: 13
monotonic: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmonotonic: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
monotonic: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 17
monotonic: valid Words With Friends Word