monotone

Having a single unvaried pitch.

The prominence of the syllables is more monotone than in English, the intonation of the latter having a larger variation of stressed and unstressed syllables.

In the formal register, such variation is reduced and the talk has a more monotone, business-like quality.

Of a function: that is always nonincreasing or nondecreasing on an interval.

The function f(x)#58;#61;x³ is monotone on #92;R, while g(x)#58;#61;x² is not.

Synonym of monochrome.

A single unvaried tone of speech or a sound.

When Tima felt like her parents were treating her like a servant, she would speak in monotone and act as though she were a robot.

It is no very difficult matter to be loud in a high tone of voice; but to be loud and forcible in a low tone, requires great practice and management; this, however, may be facilitated by pronouncing forcibly at firſt in a low monotone; a monotone, though in a low key, and without force, is much more ſonorous and audible than when the voice ſlides up and down at almoſt every word, as it muſt do to be various.

A piece of writing in one strain throughout.

To speak in a monotone.