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Meaning of MONOTONIC

Pronunciation:  mânu'tunik

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting"
  2. [adj]  (mathematics) of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
 
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 Synonyms: decreasing monotonic, increasing monotonic, monotone, monotonous, unmelodic, unmelodious, unmusical
 
 Antonyms: nonmonotonic
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mon`o*ton"ic\, Monotonical \Mon`o*ton"ic*al\, a.
Of, pertaining to, or uttered in, a monotone; monotonous.
``Monotonical declamation.'' --Chesterfield.
 
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Computing Dictionary
 
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In domain theory, a function f : D -> C is monotonic (or monotone) if

        for all x,y in D,  x <= y  =>  f(x) <= f(y).

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