Associations to the word «Monotonic»

Wiktionary

MONOTONIC, adjective. Of or using the Greek system of diacritics which discards the breathings and employs a single accent to indicate stress.
MONOTONIC, adjective. (mathematics) said of a function that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases.
MONOTONIC, adjective. Uttered in a monotone; monotonous.
MONOTONIC DECREASING, adjective. (mathematics) (of a function) always decreasing or remaining constant, and never increasing; contrast this with strictly decreasing
MONOTONIC FUNCTION, noun. (mathematics) A function that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases.
MONOTONIC FUNCTIONS, noun. Plural of monotonic function
MONOTONIC INCREASING, adjective. (mathematics) (of a function) always increasing or remaining constant, and never decreasing; contrast this with strictly increasing

Dictionary definition

MONOTONIC, adjective. Of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value.
MONOTONIC, adjective. Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting".

Wise words

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Aldous Huxley