monotonic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

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.
Of a function: that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases.
Uttered in a monotone; monotonous.

/ˌmɒnəˈtɒnɪk/ /ˌmɑnəˈtɑnɪk/ En-us-monotonic.ogg /ˌmɔnəˈtɔnɪk/ /ˌmɒnəˈtɒnək/ [ˌmɔ̟nəˈtɔ̟nək]

monotonic

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

antonym(s) of

antimonotonic monotone monotonic decreasing monotonic function monotonic increasing monotonous monotony

comonotonic monotonically monotonicity nonmonotonic

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