monotony

n : the quality of wearisome constancy and lack of variety; "he

had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work";

"he hated the sameness of the food the college served"

[syn: {sameness}]

monotonic

In {domain theory}, a function f : D -> C is monotonic (or

monotone) if

for all x,y in D, x <◦ y ◦> f(x) <◦ f(y).

("<◦" is written in {LaTeX} as {\sqsubseteq}).

(1994-11-24)