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What (who) is monotone - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Monotony; Monotone (disambiguation); Monotonous; Monotonicity (disambiguation)
monotone
['m?n?t??n]
¦ noun a continuing sound that is unchanging in pitch and lacks intonation.
Origin
C17: from mod. L. monotonus, from late Gk monotonos.
monotone
(monotones)
1.
If someone speaks in a monotone, their voice does not vary at all in tone or loudness and so it is not interesting to listen to.
The evidence was read out to the court in a dull monotone.
N-COUNT: usu sing, also in N
2.
A monotone sound or surface does not have any variation in its tone or colour.
He was seen on TV delivering platitudes about the crisis in a monotone voice.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
monotone
n. in a monotone
Wikipedia
Monotone
Monotone refers to a sound, for example music or speech, that has a single unvaried tone. See: monophony.
Monotone or monotonicity may also refer to:
Examples of use of monotone
1. By the end, he‘s strung out and droning in monotone.
2. We have contact, crackled a distant bass monotone.
3. Theyll be 30 mikes, said the monotone, meaning minutes.
4. Mukasey, in his trademark monotone, did not appear rattled.
5. All this was delivered in a low Glaswegian monotone.