monotonic
C2CEFR level
85/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister
General adjective
Consistently either increasing or decreasing, never reversing direction.
The dose-response curve was monotonic, so more of the drug always meant a stronger effect.
Business adjective
Consistently moving in one direction, either always increasing or always decreasing.
The relationship between price and demand was monotonic, so every increase cost them some volume.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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