monotone

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. an unchanging intonation (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
drone, droning
• Derivationally related forms:
drone (for: droning), drone (for: drone), monotonic
• Hypernyms:
intonation, modulation, pitch contour
2. a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)
• Derivationally related forms:
monotonic
• Hypernyms:
note, musical note, tone

II - adjective

1. of a sequence or function;
consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
monotonic
• Ant:
nonmonotonic (for: monotonic)
• Similar to:
decreasing monotonic, increasing monotonic
• Topics:
mathematics, math, maths
2. sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
- the owl's faint monotonous hooting
• Syn:
flat, monotonic, monotonous
• Similar to:
unmodulated
• Derivationally related forms:
monotone (for: monotonic), flatness (for: flat)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  flat, monotonic, monotonous, drone, droning