Dictionary

1. (

• monotone ,
• drone ,
• droning

) an unchanging intonation ;

2. (

• monotone ,

) a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts) ;

1. (

• monotonic ,
• monotone ,

) of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value ;

2. (

• flat ,
• monotone ,
• monotonic ,
• monotonous

) sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting" ;