Monotonic (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value.
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Examples
- The company's sales revenue showed a monotonic decrease over the past five years, which led to its bankruptcy filing.
- In the world of physics, a monotonic relationship exists between the mass of an object and its gravitational pull on the earth.
- Economic growth as measured by GDP per capita follows a generally monotonic curve as industrialization advances in developing countries.
- Temperature changes of pure water and most solids, measured against increasing or decreasing external heat inputs, will almost always have monotonic values, providing helpful guides in measurement settings.
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Meaning 2
Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting".
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