monotonic

monotonic
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 • monotonically adverbmonotonicity noun

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  • Monotonic — Mon o*ton ic, Monotonical Mon o*ton ic*al, a. 1. Of, pertaining to, or uttered in, a monotone; monotonous. Monotonical declamation. Chesterfield. [1913 Webster] 2. (Math.) Always increasing or always decreasing, as the value of the independent… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • monotonic — adjective /ˌmɒnəˈtɒnɪk,ˌmɑnəˈtɑnɪk/ a) of or using the Greek system of diacritics which discards the breathings and employs a single accent to indicate stress. b) said of a function that either never decreases or never increases as its… …   Wiktionary

  • monotonic — monotonically, adv. /mon euh ton ik/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or uttered in a monotone: a monotonic delivery of a lecture. 2. Math. a. (of a function or of a particular set of values of a function) increasing or decreasing. b. (of an ordered… …   Universalium

  • monotonic — mon•o•ton•ic [[t]ˌmɒn əˈtɒn ɪk[/t]] adj. 1) of, pertaining to, or uttered in a monotone: a monotonic delivery of a lecture[/ex] 2) Math. a) (of a function or a particular set of values of a function) increasing or decreasing b) (of an ordered… …   From formal English to slang

  • Monotonic function — Monotonicity redirects here. For information on monotonicity as it pertains to voting systems, see monotonicity criterion. Monotonic redirects here. For other uses, see Monotone (disambiguation). Figure 1. A monotonically increasing function (it… …   Wikipedia

  • Monotonic query — In database theory and systems, a monotonic query is one whose result size does not decrease with the addition of new tuples in the database. Categories: Database theoryDatabase stubs …   Wikipedia

  • monotonic increase — monotoninis didėjimas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. monotone increase; monotonic increase vok. monotones Wachsen, n rus. монотонное возрастание, n pranc. croissance monotonique, f …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

  • monotonic — adj. unchanging, repetitious; boring, tedious …   English contemporary dictionary

  • monotonic — adjective 1》 Mathematics (of a function or quantity) varying in such a way that it either never decreases or never increases. 2》 speaking or uttered in a monotone. Derivatives monotonically adverb monotonicity noun …   English new terms dictionary

  • monotonic — mono·ton·ic …   English syllables

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