monotone

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monotone Definition

• (a) of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
• (n) an unchanging intonation
• (n) a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)
• (s) sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl''s faint monotonous hooting"

monotone Synonyms

• drone
• droning
• monotone
• monotonic
• monotonous