Meaning of monotone

Definition of monotone

(adj) of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting"
(noun) an unchanging intonation
a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)

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