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adjective of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
adjective sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
originFrom Ancient Greek μονότονος (monótonos, “monotone”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), equivalent to monotone + -ic.
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