Monotonie

See also: monotonie

German

Etymology

monoton (“montonous”) +‎ -ie (abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌmonotɔˈniː]
• Hyphenation: Mo‧no‧to‧nie

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Noun

Monotonie f (genitive Monotonie, plural Monotonien)

1. monotony, tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety

   Synonym: Eintönigkeit

   Antonyms: Vielfalt, Abwechslung

2. (mathematics, logic) monotonicity, the property of a monotonic operator

   Synonym: Monotonizität Antonyms: Nichtmonotonie, Nichtmonotonizität

Further reading

• “Monotonie” in Duden online
• “Monotonie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Monotonie” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Friedrich Kluge (2002) “monoton”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 24th edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN