monotone
adjective · noun · verbB1Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(of speech or a sound) 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.
- 2.
(mathematics) 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.
Đồng nghĩa: monotonic
- 3.
(printing) Synonym of monochrome.
Đồng nghĩa: monochrome
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)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.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)A piece of writing in one strain throughout.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(ambitransitive)To speak in a monotone.
Từ liên quan
Đồng nghĩa
Cùng gốc / liên quan
Từ có viền nét liền là đã có mục từ; viền nét đứt là chưa có trong dữ liệu.
Nguồn gốc từ
From the post-Classical Latin monotonus (unvarying in tone) or its etymon the Ancient Greek - μονότονος (steady”, “unwavering); compare cognate adjectives, namely the monotone, the monoton, the monotono, and the monótono, as well as the slightly earlier English noun monotony and adjective monotonical.