adjective
monotone
of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
In a sentence
Six example sentences with monotone, each labelled with its topic.
The savings curve is monotone across the whole sample, climbing in every year and never once dipping back.
Economics
The counter must stay monotone, so a clock that ever ticks backward would break every timestamp in the log.
Technology
Temperature readings through the ice core are monotone with depth, falling steadily and never rising again toward the base.
Science
The fund's fee schedule is monotone in the account size, always falling and never rising as balances grow.
Finance
The dose response curve was monotone, with every increase in the drug producing a higher fraction of patients helped.
Medicine
Reaction time was monotone in hours awake, rising with every hour and never once improving across the study.
Psychology
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