monotonic
/ˌmɑnəˈtɑnɪk/
adjective
- Speaking or sounding in a single, unchanging tone; dull and without variation.
- His monotonic reading of the instructions put everyone to sleep.
- I found her monotonic voice very hard to listen to for long.
- The actor's monotonic delivery ruined the dramatic scene.
- In mathematics: describing a function or sequence that always increases or always decreases, never changing direction.
- We need to prove that this sequence is monotonic.
- The graph shows a monotonic increase in temperature over time.
- A monotonic function either goes up or down but never both.