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Monotonic | Monotonically | Monotonicity

Monotonic meaning

  1. 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.
  2. Of a function: that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases.
  3. Uttered in a monotone; monotonous.

Synonyms of Monotonic

monotone decreasing monotonic increasing monotonic nonmonotonic flat monotonous unmodulated

Related words

Other words often associated with Monotonic or its synonyms:

even underdeveloped tone bland unqualified categoric natural droning dull plane unconditional modulation

Using Monotonic

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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. | Of a function: that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases. | Uttered in a monotone; monotonous.
  • Useful related words include: monotone, decreasing monotonic, increasing monotonic, nonmonotonic.
  • In the example corpus, monotonic often appears in combinations such as: monotonic and.

Context around Monotonic

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

non 2× absolutely 1× simple 1× slow 1× term 1× usually 1×

Often after:

reasoning 1× transform 1× fashion 1× transformation 1×

Sentence patterns with Monotonic

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a simple monotonic fashion 1× across a monotonic transform see 1× are usually monotonic and quasi 1× avoid non monotonic local changes 1× be absolutely monotonic over an 1× require non monotonic reasoning in 1× rigid or monotonic than in 1× the term monotonic transformation can 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a function is 1× although inflection and 1× negation as failure 1× notably this is 1× the exact splitting 1× the result is 1×

Common sentence endings:

also monotone preferences 1× and quasi concave 1× changes of curvature 1× jerky or loud 1× on the interval 1× simple monotonic fashion 1×

Words around Monotonic

Just before it in the word index:

monotone 37 monotonal 2 monotherapy 14 monotherapies 2 monothelitism 9 monothelite 5

Just after it in the word index:

monotonically 6 monotonicity 4 monotonous 72 monotonously 2 monotony 65 monotreme 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 14 aamer 14 aave 14 abadan 14 abdelmadjid 14 abdulkarim 14

Corpus analysis for Monotonic

  • In this selection, "monotonic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, non, absolutely, simple, reasoning, transform and fashion stand out and add context to how "monotonic" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a simple monotonic fashion and across a monotonic transform see. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "monotonic" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with monotonic

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

They are usually monotonic and quasi-concave. (7 words)

Then they could argue that one caused the other in a simple monotonic fashion. (14 words)

The result is very slow, monotonic, but fluent speech, used only in the speech clinic. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Negation as failure main For most practical applications, as well as for applications that require non-monotonic reasoning in artificial intelligence, Horn clause logic programs need to be extended to normal logic programs, with negative conditions. (36 words)

Although inflection and intonation may be less rigid or monotonic than in classic autism, people with AS often have a limited range of intonation: speech may be unusually fast, jerky or loud. (32 words)

A function is said to be absolutely monotonic over an interval if the derivatives of all orders of are nonnegative or all nonpositive at all points on the interval. (29 words)

Example sentences (9)

A function is said to be absolutely monotonic over an interval if the derivatives of all orders of are nonnegative or all nonpositive at all points on the interval.

Although inflection and intonation may be less rigid or monotonic than in classic autism, people with AS often have a limited range of intonation: speech may be unusually fast, jerky or loud.

Negation as failure main For most practical applications, as well as for applications that require non-monotonic reasoning in artificial intelligence, Horn clause logic programs need to be extended to normal logic programs, with negative conditions.

Notably, this is the case in economics with respect to the ordinal properties of a utility function being preserved across a monotonic transform (see also monotone preferences ).

The exact splitting algorithm is implementation dependent, only the flatness criteria must be respected to reach the necessary precision and to avoid non-monotonic local changes of curvature.

Then they could argue that one caused the other in a simple monotonic fashion.

The result is very slow, monotonic, but fluent speech, used only in the speech clinic.

The term monotonic transformation can also possibly cause some confusion because it refers to a transformation by a strictly increasing function.

They are usually monotonic and quasi-concave.

Common combinations with monotonic

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "monotonic" in a sentence?
An example: "A function is said to be absolutely monotonic over an interval if the derivatives of all orders of are nonnegative or all nonpositive at all points on the interval." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "monotonic" from authentic English texts.
What does "monotonic" mean?
Monotonic means: 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.
What are synonyms of "monotonic"?
Common synonyms of "monotonic" include: monotone, decreasing monotonic, increasing monotonic, nonmonotonic, flat, monotonous, unmodulated.
How many example sentences with "monotonic" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "monotonic", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.