monotone
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əˌtoʊn noun
1.
a vocal utterance or series of speech sounds in one unvaried tone.
2.
a single tone without harmony or variation in pitch.
3.
recitation or singing of words in such a tone.
4.
a person who is unable to discriminate between or to reproduce differences in musical pitch, especially in singing.
5.
sameness of tone or color, sometimes to a boring degree.
adjective
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7.
consisting of or characterized by a uniform tone of one color: a monotone drape. Compare monochromatic ( defs 1, 2 ).
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| —n | |
| 1. | a single unvaried pitch level in speech, sound, etc |
| 2. | utterance, etc, without change of pitch |
| 3. | lack of variety in style, expression. etc |
| —adj | |
| 4. | unvarying or monotonous |
| 5. | maths Also: monotonic (of a sequence or function) consistently increasing or decreasing in value |
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Word Origin & History
monotone
"an unvarying tone in music or speaking," 1640s; see monotony. Related: Monotonic; monotonically.
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Example sentences
Rank correlation is preserved under monotone transformations, which includes the log.
He speaks only to announce his majority opinions, reading summaries in a gruff monotone.
The number of speeches he garbles in his heavily accented monotone can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
For confirmation of the language thing, try standing with your back to a dog and giving commands in a monotone.
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