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monotone
1. A sound, especially a speech sound, that does not rise and fall in pitch, but stays on the same tone all the time.
2. Utterance of successive syllables or words without change of pitch or key.
3. A sequence of sounds; such as, a piece of speech, singing, or music, that stays at exactly the same pitch throughout the recitation.
This entry is located in the following units: mono-, mon- (page 13) tono-, ton-, -tonia, -tonic, -tonous, -tony (page 1)