monotoon — meaning in English
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English meaning
- monotonic adj Of or using the Greek system of diacritics which discards the breathings and employs a single accent to indicate stress. It replaced polytonic system in 1982.
- monotonous adj Tediously repetitive or lacking variety.
- tedious adj Boring and drawn out, especially because it takes a long time or is repetitive.
Senses
monotoon is used for these senses in English:
- monotonous Having an unvarying pitch or tone.
- monotonous Tedious, repetitious, or lacking in variety.
monotonic — full definition
- adj Of or using the Greek system of diacritics which discards the breathings and employs a single accent to indicate stress. It replaced polytonic system in 1982.
- adj Of a function: that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases.
- adj Uttered in a monotone; monotonous.