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monotonic

UK/ˌmɒnəˈtɒnɪk//ˌmɑnəˈtɑnɪk/

monotonic adjective: 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.

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 system in 1982.
  2. Of a function: that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases.
  3. Uttered in a monotone; monotonous.
    • The Same Spade talk-alike, super-cynical heroine of the piece is named Emma Victor, and there's no end to her rapid-fire, monotonic, street-smart patter.1988 December 11, Georgia Cotrell, “A Lezbeen Sam Spade”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 8

monotonic meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Vietnamese

monotonic in Tamil

ஒருபோக்கு

monotonic in Urdu

ایک سرا, یکساں

monotonic in Vietnamese

mathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases
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Origin of monotonic

From Ancient Greek μονότονος (monótonos, “monotone”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), equivalent to monotone + -ic.

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Questions about monotonic

What does monotonic mean?
Monotonic means 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.
What is monotonic in Tamil?
Monotonic in Tamil is ஒருபோக்கு. See Monotonic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is monotonic?
Monotonic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce monotonic?
Monotonic is pronounced /ˌmɒnəˈtɒnɪk/ (UK).

Words near monotonic in the dictionary

  1. monotone functions
  2. monotoned
  3. monotoneity
  4. monotonely
  5. monotones
  6. monotonic
  7. monotonic decreasing
  8. monotonic function
  9. monotonic functions
  10. monotonic increasing
  11. monotonical

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Adapted from Wiktionary: monotonic (page history and authors); monotonic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monotonic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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