Monotonic

Mon`o`ton´ic

a.	1.	Of, pertaining to, or uttered in, a monotone; monotonous.
	2.	(Math.) Always increasing or always decreasing, as the value of the independent variable increases; - of a function.

Adj.	1.	monotonic - of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value Synonyms: monotone Antonyms: nonmonotonic - not monotonic
	2.	monotonic - sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting" Synonyms: monotonous, monotone

monotonic - In domain theory, a function f : D -> C is monotonic (or monotone) if

for all x,y in D, x <= y => f(x) <= f(y).

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