monotonic
/mɒnə(ʊ)ˈtɒnɪk
/adjective
1 Mathematics (Of a function or quantity) varying in such a way that it either never decreases or never increases.The S-N curve for a pure metal will be a monotonic function with N increasing as stress decreases....
- The number above each segment gives the rank of the absolute value of the monotonic increase or decrease.
- The logarithm is only one of many nonlinear but monotonic functions that can be applied to measurements prior to analysis.
2Speaking or uttered with an unchanging pitch or tone: her dour, monotonic husband
Derivatives
monotonically
- The equilibrium constant decreases monotonically approximately fourfold when the salt concentration is increased from 0.15 to 0.25 M.
- No such phenomena have been reported in larger organisms, and the traditional theories for bacterial motion predict that the swimming speed monotonically decreases with viscosity.
- Hypercapnia increased pulmonary ventilation monotonically, with the average value rising to 181% of baseline at 12% CO2.
monotonicity
- In short, in ceasing to be homogenous, they cannot escape their own monotonicity.
- We are interested in testing the hypothesis of a relatively recent population expansion; thus we limited our investigation to the time interval where monotonicity applies.
- This takes advantage of the better asymptotic properties of the difference in the log variances, as well as of the monotonicity of the transformation.
Rhymes
- like a leech
- like a man (or woman) possessed
- like a moth to the flame
- like anything
- like a rat up a drainpipe
- like a ripe plum (or ripe plums)
- like a scalded cat
- like a shag on a rock
- like a shot
- like a streak
- like a stunned mullet
- like a ton of bricks
- like blazes
- like blue murder
- like clockwork
- like crazy
- like death warmed up (or over)
- like enough (or most like)
- like father, like son
- like fury
- like (greased) lightning
- like hell
- like herding cats
- like it or not
- like it's going out of style (or fashion)