monotonic

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmɒnəˈtɒnɪk/
• (General American, dialects of Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌmɑnəˈtɑnɪk/

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• (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA^(key): /ˌmɒnəˈtɒnɪk/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌmɔnəˈtɔnɪk/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌmɒnəˈtɒnək/, [ˌmɔ̟nəˈtɔ̟nək]
• Rhymes: -ɒnɪk

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. (mathematics) Of a function: that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases.
3. Uttered in a monotone; monotonous.
   • 1988 December 11, Georgia Cotrell, “A Lezbeen Sam Spade”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 8:

     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.

Not to be confused with the similar sounding monatomic.

• (antonym(s) of “using Greek system of diacritics”): polytonic

• Greek diacritics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Monotonic function on Wikipedia.Wikipedia