monotonic
of, relating to, or uttered in a monotone: a monotonic delivery of a lecture.
Mathematics.
(of a function or sequence) either consistently increasing in value and never decreasing, or consistently decreasing in value and never increasing: A monotonic sequence can either converge or diverge, but it can never oscillate.
(of an ordered system of sets) consisting of sets such that each set contains the preceding set or such that each set is contained in the preceding set.
Origin of monotonic
1Other words from monotonic
- mon·o·ton·i·cal·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with monotonic
- monotonic , monotonous
Words Nearby monotonic
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How to use monotonic in a sentence
We, with our engineering and our laboratories, can produce a frequency that’s monotonic, just one channel on the radio dial.
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