flat, monotone, monotonic, monotonous
(adjective) sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; “the owl’s faint monotonous hooting”
monotonic, monotone
(adjective) of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
monotone, drone, droning
(noun) an unchanging intonation
monotone
(noun) a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
monotone (comparative more monotone, superlative most monotone)
(of speech or a sound) Having a single unvaried pitch.
(mathematics) Being, or having the salient properties of, a monotone function.
The function is monotone on , while is not.
monotone (countable and uncountable, plural monotones)
A single unvaried tone of speech or a sound.
A piece of writing in one strain throughout.
monotone (third-person singular simple present monotones, present participle monotoning, simple past and past participle monotoned)
(ambitransitive) To speak in a monotone.
Source: Wiktionary
Mon"o*tone, n. Etym: [See Monotonous, Monotony.]
1. (Mus.)
Definition: A single unvaried tone or sound.
2. (Rhet.)
Definition: The utterance of successive syllables, words, or sentences, on one unvaried key or line of pitch.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 January 2025
(noun) the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid); “a good soak put life back in the wagon”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
