A function is monotone if, when one increases any of the inputs, the output never decreases (it can only increase or stay the same) A Boolean circuit is monotone if it consists only of AND and OR gates, no NOT gates
The utterance of successive syllables, words, or sentences, on one unvaried key or line of pitch
of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
an unchanging intonation a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts) sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting
If someone speaks in a monotone, their voice does not vary at all in tone or loudness and so it is not interesting to listen to. The evidence was read out to the court in a dull monotone