Usually means: Changes consistently; never reverses direction.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (monotone function)

noun:  (calculus) A function f : X→R (where X is a subset of R, possibly a discrete set) that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases; that is, either x ≤ y implies f(x) ≤ f(y) or x ≤ y implies f(y) ≤ f(x).
noun:  (order theory, mathematical analysis) A function f : X→Y (where X and Y are posets with partial order "≤") with either: (1) the property that x ≤ y implies f(x) ≤ f(y), or (2) the property that x ≤ y implies f(y) ≤ f(x).
noun:  (Boolean algebra) A Boolean function with the property that switching any one input variable from 0 to 1 results either in no change in output or a change from 0 to 1.

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