monotone — [ mɔnɔtɔn ] adj. • 1732; bas lat. monotonus, gr. monotonos 1 ♦ Qui est toujours sur le même ton ou dont le ton est peu varié. ⇒ monocorde. « des gémissements sourds ou aigus qui ne faisaient qu une plainte monotone » (Camus). ♢ Qui est régulier… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Monotone — Desarrollador Nathaniel Smith, Graydon Hoare Información general Género … Wikipedia Español
Monotone — Entwickler Das monotone Entwicklerteam Aktuelle Version 1.0 (26. März 2011) Betriebssystem Unix … Deutsch Wikipedia
Monotone — refers to a sound, for example speech or music, that has a single unvaried tone. Monotone or monotonicity may also refer to: Monotone (software), an open source revision control system Monotone class theorem, in measure theory Monotone… … Wikipedia
Monotone — Mon o*tone, n. [See {Monotonous}, {Monotony}.] 1. (Mus.) A single unvaried tone or sound. [1913 Webster] 2. (Rhet.) The utterance of successive syllables, words, or sentences, on one unvaried key or line of pitch. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
monotone — index prosaic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
monotone — (n.) unvarying tone in music or speaking, 1640s; see MONOTONY (Cf. monotony). OED says use of the word as a noun is peculiar to Eng. Related: Monotonic; monotonically … Etymology dictionary
monotone — ► NOUN ▪ a continuing sound that is unchanging in pitch … English terms dictionary
monotone — [män′ə tōn΄] n. [< LL monotonus: see MONOTONOUS] 1. uninterrupted repetition of the same tone; utterance of successive syllables or words without change of pitch or key 2. monotony or sameness of tone, style, manner, color, etc. 3. a single,… … English World dictionary
monotone — (mo no to n ) adj. 1° Qui est toujours sur le même ton. Parole monotone. • Comme un enfant bercé par un chant monotone, Mon âme s assoupit au murmure des eaux, LAMART. Méd. I, 6. On dit dans un sens analogue : bruit monotone. • Le… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
