Definitions for monotone

Definitions for (noun) monotone

Main entry: monotone, drone, droning

Definition: an unchanging intonation


Main entry: monotone

Definition: a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)


Definitions for (adj) monotone

Main entry: monotone, monotonic, monotonous, flat

Definition: sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

Usage: the owl's faint monotonous hooting


Main entry: monotone, monotonic

Definition: of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value


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