What is the meaning of monotone?

noun

  • An unchanging intonation.
  • A single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts. )

adjective

  • Of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value.
  • Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch.
    • usage: "the owl's faint monotonous hooting"
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