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mon·o·tone  audio  (mn-tn) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. A succession of sounds or words uttered in a single tone of voice.
  2. Music
    1. A single tone repeated with different words or time values, especially in a rendering of a liturgical text.
    2. A chant in a single tone.
  3. Sameness or dull repetition in sound, style, manner, or color.
ADJECTIVE:
  1. Characterized by or uttered in a monotone: a monotone recitation of names.
  2. Of or having a single color: a cat with a monotone coat.
  3. also mon·o·ton·ic  (mn-tnk) KEY  Mathematics Designating sequences, the successive members of which either consistently increase or decrease but do not oscillate in relative value. Each member of a monotone increasing sequence is greater than or equal to the preceding member; each member of a monotone decreasing sequence is less than or equal to the preceding member.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek monotonos, monotonous ; see monotonous

OTHER FORMS:
mono·tonic  (-tnk) KEY (Adjective), mono·toni·cal·ly(Adverb)


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