monotonicity

/ˌmɑnətəˈnɪsəti/
noun
  1. The quality of being unchanging in tone or pitch; dull sameness.
    • The monotonicity of the background noise was strangely calming.
    • The monotonicity of his voice made the speech forgettable.
    • She tried to add variety to break the monotonicity of the routine.
  2. In mathematics: the property of a function or sequence that always increases or always decreases.
    • Proving monotonicity is an important step in this calculus problem.
    • We need to check the monotonicity of the function before applying the theorem.
    • The monotonicity of the data set confirms the trend.
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