adj.
Pronunciation: ˌ mä-n ə - ' tä-nik
Function: adjective
Date: 1797
1 : characterized by the use of or uttered in a monotone
2 : having the property either of never increasing or of never decreasing as the values of the independent variable or the subscripts of the terms increase
– mono · ton · i · cal · ly \ -ni-k( ə -)l ē \ adverb
– mono · to · nic · i · ty \ ˌ mä-n ə -t ō - ' ni-s ə -t ē \ noun