monotonic

[mon-uh-ton-ik]

adjective

of, relating to, or uttered in a monotone: a monotonic delivery of a lecture.
Mathematics.
1. (of a function or of a particular set of values of a function) increasing or decreasing.
2. (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

First recorded in 1790–1800; monotone + -ic

Related formsmon·o·ton·i·cal·ly, adverb

Can be confusedmonotonic monotonous

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Examples from the Web for monotonic

Contemporary Examples of monotonic

Before Dookie, guitar rock meant grunge: heavy, monotonic, humorless, and bleak.
How Green Day’s ‘Dookie’ Defined the 1990s and Changed Music Forever
Andrew Romano
January 31, 2014

Historical Examples of monotonic

They were attractive enough, but the monotonic fatkins devotion to sybartism was so tiresome.
Makers
Cory Doctorow