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monotonies

monotonies is the plural of monotony.

Meaning of monotony

Noun

monotony (plural monotonies)

  1. Tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety.
    • It matters little to trace the rapidity of the land journey, or the monotony of the sea voyage—alike unmarked by adventure. Robert Evelyn landed at Southampton,...1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter II, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 24
    Synonyms:
    boredom
  2. The property of a monotonic function.
  3. The quality of having an unvarying tone or pitch.

Questions about monotonies

What is monotonies the plural of?
Monotonies is the plural of monotony.

Words near monotonies in the dictionary

  1. monotonic increasing
  2. monotonical
  3. monotonically
  4. monotonicities
  5. monotonicity
  6. monotonies
  7. monotonin
  8. monotoning
  9. monotonist
  10. monotonists
  11. monotonize

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