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Monotone - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Monotone : adj
1: of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never
decreasing or consistently decreasing and never
increasing in value [syn: monotonic] [ant: nonmonotonic]
2: sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's
faint monotonous hooting" [syn: monotonic, monotonous]
(noun)
1: an unchanging intonation [syn: drone, droning]
2: a single tone repeated with different words or different
rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Monotone : \Mon"o*tone\, n. [See Monotonous, Monotony.]
1. (Mus.) A single unvaried tone or sound.
2. (Rhet.) The utterance of successive syllables, words, or
sentences, on one unvaried key or line of pitch.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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