| n. | 1. | (Mus.) A single unvaried tone or sound. |
| 2. | (Rhet.) The utterance of successive syllables, words, or sentences, on one unvaried key or line of pitch. |
| Noun | 1. | monotone - an unchanging intonation |
| 2. | monotone - a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts) | |
| Adj. | 1. | monotone - of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value Synonyms: monotonic |
| 2. | monotone - sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting" Synonyms: monotonous, monotonic |
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