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| mon·o·tone [ mónnə tn ] |
noun (plural mon·o·tones) |
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1. unchanging tone: a sound, especially a speech sound, that does not rise or fall in pitch, but stays on the same tone all the time
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2. series of identical sounds: a sequence of sounds, e.g. a piece of speech, singing, or music, that stays at exactly the same pitch throughout
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3. unvarying quality: a complete lack of variety in color, expression, or style
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4. music singer with no sense of pitch: somebody who cannot produce or distinguish between sounds of varying pitches when singing
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adjective |
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1. with unvarying quality: lacking variety in pitch, color, or another quality
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2. mathematics ascending or descending in sequence: describes a function or a sequence of real numbers that steadily increases or decreases
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