a single unvaried pitch level in speech, sound, etc
2.
utterance, etc, without change of pitch
3.
lack of variety in style, expression. etc
adjective
4.
unvarying or monotonous
5. Also: monotonic (ˌmɒnəˈtɒnɪk) mathematics
(of a sequence or function) consistently increasing or decreasing in value
monotonic in American English
(ˌmɑnəˈtɑnɪk)
adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or uttered in a monotone
a monotonic delivery of a lecture
2. Math(of a function or of a particular set of values of a function)
a. (of a function or of a particular set of values of a function)
increasing or decreasing
b. (of an ordered system of sets)
consisting of sets such that each set contains the preceding set or such that each set is contained in the preceding set
Derived forms
monotonically
adverb
Word origin
[1790–1800; monotone + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cannibalism, idealism, ideology, rationalism, stereotype-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)
Examples of 'monotonic' in a sentence
monotonic
Our assessment also indicates a non-monotonic dose-response and variability in the effects amongcolonies.
Diego E Vázquez, Natalia Ilina, Eduardo A Pagano, Jorge A Zavala, Walter M Farina 2018, 'Glyphosate affects the larval development of honey bees depending on the susceptibilityof colonies.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6177133?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A tendency of monotonic increase was observed between clinical grade and pixel coverage.
Emi Sakamoto, Waka Ishida, Tamaki Sumi, Tatsuma Kishimoto, Kentaro Tada, Ken Fukuda,Tsuyoshi Yoneda, Hajime Kuroiwa, Etsuko Terao, Yasuko Fujisawa, Shunsuke Nakakura,Koji Jian, Hideaki Okumichi, Yoshiaki Kiuchi, Atsuki Fukushima 2019, 'Evaluation of offset of conjunctival hyperemia induced by a Rho-kinase inhibitor;0.4% Ripasudil ophthalmic solution clinical trial', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-019-40255-9. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Age-dependent monotonic changes in transcript levels were observed in all strains evaluated.
Mei-Hui Wang, Osvaldo Marinotti, Daibin Zhong, Anthony A. James, Edward Walker, TomGuda, Eliningaya J. Kweka, John Githure, Guiyun Yan 2013, 'Gene Expression-Based Biomarkers for Anopheles gambiae Age Grading', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0069439. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Several monotonic functions are defined on relevant invariant sets for the quintom cosmology.
Genly Leon, Andronikos Paliathanasis, Jorge Luis Morales-Martínez 2018, 'The past and future dynamics of quintom dark energy models', European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fieldshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6225-y. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The changes observed with the detonation velocity are non-monotonic.
Prażmowski M. 2014, 'Mechanical Properties of Zirconium/Steel Bimetal Fabricated by Means of ExplosiveWelding at Varied Detonation Velocities', Archives of Metallurgy and Materialshttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/amm.2014.59.issue-3/amm-2014-0198/amm-2014-0198.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The energy dependence demonstrated an unusual non-monotonic behavior.
Xiaomei Zeng, Vasiliy Pelenovich, Zhenguo Wang, Wenbin Zuo, Sergey Belykh, AlexanderTolstogouzov, Dejun Fu, Xiangheng Xiao 2019, 'Sputtering of silicon nanopowders by an argon cluster ion beam', Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnologyhttps://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.10.13. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These retrofitted and repaired piers were subjected to monotonic loading.
Kyoungbong Han, Dooyong Cho, Jinsoo Kim 2016, 'Seismic performance evaluation and improvement for damaged reinforcement concretepiers using a fiber steel composite plate', Journal of Vibroengineeringhttps://www.jvejournals.com/article/17422. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A low-pitched monotonic voice was the only symptom of laryngoptosis.
Ahmet Eyibilen, İbrahim Aladağ, Ercan Kocakoç 2011, 'Congenital laryngoptosis: An unusual case', Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Scienceshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X10000380. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Specifically it fails when incorporating visual input neurons with monotonic gain modulation by eye-position.
Daniel M Navarro, Bedeho M W Mender, Hannah E Smithson, Simon M Stringer 2018, 'Self-organising coordinate transformation with peaked and monotonic gain modulationin the primate dorsal visual pathway.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6264903?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The oscillatory and monotonic instabilities´ occurrence was also verified.
Volodymyr Valentynovych Tkach, Reza Ojani, Vasyl Vasylyovych Nechyporuk, Petro IvanovychYagodynets´ 2014, 'A Descrição Matemática do Desempenho Eletroanalítico de Nanopartículas de Óxido deCobre(II) na Eletrodetecção de Hidrazina', Orbital: The Electronic Journal of Chemistryhttp://www.orbital.ufms.br/index.php/Chemistry/article/view/583. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)