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monotonic
adjective mono·ton·ic \ˌmä-nə-ˈtä-nik\
Definition of MONOTONIC
1
: characterized by the use of or uttered in a monotone
2
: having the property either of never increasing or of never decreasing as the values of the independent variable or the subscripts of the terms increase
— mono·ton·i·cal·ly \-ni-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
— mono·to·nic·i·ty \ˌmä-nə-tō-ˈni-sə-tē\ noun
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First Known Use of MONOTONIC
1797
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Rhymes with MONOTONIC
catatonic, cosmogonic, diachronic, diatonic, disharmonic, electronic, embryonic, epigonic, hegemonic, histrionic, homophonic, Housatonic, hypersonic, infrasonic, inharmonic, isotonic, macaronic, megaphonic, microphonic, monophonic, nonionic, nucleonic, pentatonic, pharaonic, philharmonic, plate-tectonic, polyphonic, quadraphonic, semitonic, skeletonic, Solomonic, supersonic, supertonic, telephonic, thermionic, ultrasonic
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