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Webster 1913 Edition

Monotone

Mon′o-tone

,
Noun.
[See
Monotonous
,
Monotony
.]
1.
(Mus.)
A single unvaried tone or sound.
2.
(Rhet.)
The utterance of successive syllables, words, or sentences, on one unvaried key or line of pitch.

Webster 1828 Edition

Monotone

MON'OTONE

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Noun.
[See Monotony.] In rhetoric, a sameness of sound, or the utterance of successive syllables on one unvaried key, without inflection or cadence.

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