(analysis) Said of a positive measure: the property of a positive measure of a measure space, that given two measurable sets where the first set is contained in the second one, then the measure of the first set must be less than or equal to the measure of the second set.
“While polyphonic tones were better than monotones, they still sounded more like an old video game than the music they were patterned after.”
“Designers use floral in monotones with unusual checks and stripes, silky and lustrous finishes, transparence and illusion placements with a hint of skin in the collection.”
“The listening test features unemployable actors or robots reading out unnatural sentences in plodding monotones, or with inflections in the wrong places.”
“A great global polishing is taking place, eliminating difference, leaving behind grey monotonies of the kind that Isis appears to love.”
“The monotonies of Mrs. smatter and the asperities of Miss Varian for once roused little opposition.”
“Sometimes, after the beautiful monotonies of Hemingway, one longs to bathe in impurities — to take on the luxuries and rough excesses of a more abundant style.”