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In linear algebra, operator monotone functions are an important type of real-valued function, fully classified by Charles Löwner in 1934. They are closely
Operator_monotone_function
Order-preserving mathematical function
In mathematics, a monotonic function (or monotone function) is a function between ordered sets that preserves or reverses the given order. This concept
Monotonic_function
Monotone maps have countable discontinuities
of discontinuities of a monotone real-valued function of a real variable; all discontinuities of such a (monotone) function are necessarily jump discontinuities
Discontinuities of monotone functions
Discontinuities_of_monotone_functions
(1977). "Approximation of a Completely Monotone Function". Szabó, V.E.S. (2026). "Completely monotone functions in general and some applications". Journal
Absolutely and completely monotonic functions and sequences
Absolutely_and_completely_monotonic_functions_and_sequences
Math concept
x,u\rangle ,\langle y,v\rangle \in R} . A function f : X → X {\displaystyle f:X\to X} is strongly monotone if ∃ c > 0 s.t. ⟨ f ( x ) − f ( y ) , x −
Strongly_monotone_operator
American mathematician (1893–1968)
plane that has a positive imaginary part on the upper plane. See Operator monotone function. "During [Loewner's] 1955 visit to Berkeley he gave a course on
Charles_Loewner
Logical connective AND
the concept of vacuous truth, when conjunction is defined as an operator or function of arbitrary arity, the empty conjunction (AND-ing over an empty
Logical_conjunction
and Monotone Operator Theory in Hilbert Spaces, Springer (2017) [2011], p.12. H. H. Bauschke, P. L. Combettes, Convex Analysis and Monotone Operator Theory
Indicator function (convex analysis)
Indicator_function_(convex_analysis)
Complex analysis function
function as well. Nevanlinna functions appear in the study of Operator monotone functions. A real number is not considered to be in the upper half-plane
Nevanlinna_function
Mathematical operator
In mathematics, a closure operator on a set S is a function cl : P ( S ) → P ( S ) {\displaystyle \operatorname {cl} :{\mathcal {P}}(S)\rightarrow {\mathcal
Closure_operator
Particular correspondence between two partially ordered sets
A monotone Galois connection between these posets consists of two monotone functions, F : A → B and G : B → A, such that for all a in A and b in B, we
Galois_connection
Function in mathematical optimization
mathematical optimization, the proximal operator is an operator associated with a proper, lower semi-continuous convex function f {\displaystyle f} from a Hilbert
Proximal_operator
Partial order on matrices
definitions of monotone and concave/convex scalar functions to monotone and concave/convex Hermitian valued functions. These functions arise naturally
Loewner_order
Boolean function
In Boolean logic, the majority function (also called the median operator) is the Boolean function that evaluates to false when half or more arguments are
Majority_function
Function that maps matrices to matrices
the classes of scalar functions can be extended to matrix functions of Hermitian matrices. A function f is called operator monotone if and only if 0 ≺ A
Analytic_function_of_a_matrix
Instantaneous rate of change (mathematics)
continuous function was differentiable at most points. Under mild conditions (for example, if the function is a monotone or a Lipschitz function), this is
Derivative
Minty–Browder theorem) states that a bounded, continuous, coercive and monotone function T from a real, separable reflexive Banach space X into its continuous
Browder–Minty_theorem
Concept in quantum information science
entanglement monotone or entanglement measure is a function that quantifies the amount of entanglement present in a quantum state. Any entanglement monotone is
Entanglement_monotone
Study of Boolean functions via discrete Fourier analysis
junta theorem implies that for every p {\displaystyle p} , every monotone function is close to a junta with respect to μ q {\displaystyle \mu _{q}} for
Analysis_of_Boolean_functions
Concept in Hlibert spaces mathematics
f(A)=A^{2}} is, in fact, not operator monotone! A function f : I → R {\displaystyle f:I\to \mathbb {R} } is said to be operator convex if for all n {\displaystyle
Trace_inequality
Function returning one of only two values
map. A Boolean function can have a variety of properties: Constant: Is always true or always false regardless of its arguments. Monotone: for every combination
Boolean_function
Function reducing distance between all points
Convex Analysis and Monotone Operator Theory in Hilbert Spaces. New York: Springer. Combettes, Patrick L. (July 2018). "Monotone operator theory in convex
Contraction_mapping
measure to Banach spaces Weakly measurable function Showalter, Ralph E. (1997). "Theorem III.1.1". Monotone operators in Banach space and nonlinear partial
Bochner_measurable_function
Type of vector space in math
{A^{2}}}+A{\Bigr )}\,.} The operators Eλ are monotone increasing relative to the partial order defined on self-adjoint operators; the eigenvalues correspond
Hilbert_space
Measure of quantum entanglement in quantum mechanics
PPT criterion for separability. It has been shown to be an entanglement monotone and hence a proper measure of entanglement. The negativity of a subsystem
Negativity (quantum mechanics)
Negativity_(quantum_mechanics)
Norm on a vector space of matrices
v\right)\right\|} . A matrix norm ‖ ⋅ ‖ {\displaystyle \|\cdot \|} is called monotone if it is monotonic with respect to the Loewner order. Thus, a matrix norm
Matrix_norm
Average value of a random variable
allow one to interchange limits and expectations, as specified below. Monotone convergence theorem: Let { X n : n ≥ 0 } {\displaystyle \{X_{n}:n\geq 0\}}
Expected_value
ISSN 0002-9947. MR 1501970. Showalter, Ralph E. (1997). "Theorem III.1.1". Monotone operators in Banach space and nonlinear partial differential equations. Mathematical
Weakly_measurable_function
Mapping function
{\displaystyle \mu (A)\leq \mu (B).} That is, μ {\displaystyle \mu } is a monotone set function. Similarly, If μ {\displaystyle \mu } is non-positive and A ⊆ B
Sigma-additive_set_function
Real function with secant line between points above the graph itself
ISBN 9812380671. H. Bauschke and P. L. Combettes (2011). Convex Analysis and Monotone Operator Theory in Hilbert Spaces. Springer. p. 144. ISBN 978-1-4419-9467-7
Convex_function
Operation on self-adjoint operators
any symmetric densely defined operator. Note that the mappings W {\displaystyle W} and S {\displaystyle S} are monotone: This means that if B {\displaystyle
Extensions of symmetric operators
Extensions_of_symmetric_operators
Stirling, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 252 (1961), 2354–2356. A. C. R. Belton, The monotone Poisson process, in: Quantum Probability (M. Bozejko, W. Mlotkowski and
Stirling numbers and exponential generating functions in symbolic combinatorics
Stirling_numbers_and_exponential_generating_functions_in_symbolic_combinatorics
Mathematics of real numbers and real functions
relevance are most apparent are as follows. The convergence of bounded monotone sequences, that is sequences that are increasing (or decreasing), is essentially
Real_analysis
Property of functions which is weaker than continuity
upper semicontinuous functions is upper semicontinuous. And the limit of a monotone decreasing sequence of continuous functions is upper semicontinuous
Semi-continuity
Concept in mathematics
sets. It refines the concept of a monotone function. If A, B are posets, a function f: A → B is defined to be monotone if it is order-preserving: that is
Residuated_mapping
Integral transform useful in probability theory, physics, and engineering
Bernstein's theorem on monotone functions Continuous-repayment mortgage Dirichlet integral Differential equation Generating function Hamburger moment problem
Laplace_transform
Diagnostic plot of binary classifier ability
The ROC can also be thought of as a plot of the statistical power as a function of the Type I Error of the decision rule (when the performance is calculated
Receiver operating characteristic
Receiver_operating_characteristic
Mathematical function
Bernstein's theorem on monotone functions applied to the integral representation coming from Binet's first integral for the gamma function. Additionally, by
Digamma_function
Binary operation that is true if and only if both operands are false
use ∣ {\displaystyle \mid } for the operator. So some people call it Webb operator, Webb operation or Webb function. In 1940, Quine also described non-disjunction
Logical_NOR
Branch of mathematics
Mathematical analysis is the branch of mathematics that studies functions, spaces, and operators through quantitative methods of approximation and convergence
Mathematical_analysis
{\displaystyle \phi _{n}(0)=1} ϕ n {\displaystyle \phi _{n}} is completely monotone, i.e. ( − 1 ) k ϕ n ( k ) ≥ 0 {\displaystyle (-1)^{k}\phi _{n}^{(k)}\geq
Baskakov_operator
Theorem in mathematics
(positive or negative), and therefore the function must be strictly monotone, and thus one-to-one. The inverse function theorem is a weaker local statement
Inverse_function_theorem
n } {\displaystyle \{t_{n}\}} of e-simple functions, such that { s n } {\displaystyle \{s_{n}\}} is monotone increasing and converges e-uniformly to f
Freudenthal_spectral_theorem
Lattice in universal algebra
if it is not a subset of either the monotone, affine, self-dual, truth-preserving, or false-preserving functions. Post's lattice consists of 9 named clones
Post's_lattice
Mathematical result in convex functions theory
Patrick L. (2017). "Fenchel–Rockafellar Duality". Convex Analysis and Monotone Operator Theory in Hilbert Spaces. Springer. pp. 247–262. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-48311-5_15
Fenchel's_duality_theorem
Property of topological spaces stronger than normality
is a particular kind of normal space, defined in terms of a monotone normality operator. It satisfies some interesting properties; for example metric
Monotonically_normal_space
modulus of continuity. Montel Montel's theorem. monotone 1. A sequence of numbers or functions is called monotone or monotonic if it is either weakly increasing
Glossary of real and complex analysis
Glossary_of_real_and_complex_analysis
Theorem in order and lattice theory
and operator equations. Let us restate the theorem. For a complete lattice ⟨ L , ≤ ⟩ {\displaystyle \langle L,\leq \rangle } and a monotone function f :
Knaster–Tarski_theorem
Applying operations to functions in terms of values for each input "point"
notions, for instance: A closure operator c on a poset P is a monotone and idempotent self-map on P (i.e. a projection operator) with the additional property
Pointwise
Expressing a measure as an integral of another
and ν, the idea is to consider functions f with f dμ ≤ dν. The supremum of all such functions, along with the monotone convergence theorem, then furnishes
Radon–Nikodym_theorem
Mathematical function often applied to matrices
uniformly coercive or monotone vector fields in nonlinear analysis, and strong ellipticity in differential operators on function spaces, subject to specific
Logarithmic_norm
French mathematician (born 1956)
thesis advisor Haïm Brézis, Lions gave new results about maximal monotone operators in Hilbert space, proving one of the first convergence results for
Pierre-Louis_Lions
Theorem of convex functions
realm of operator theory. In this non‐commutative setting the inequality is expressed in terms of operator convex functions—that is, functions defined
Jensen's_inequality
Mathematical framework to model epistemic uncertainty
Belief Functions and Other Monotone Capacities (Thesis). Carnegie Mellon University. Cuzzolin, Fabio (2021), "The geometry of belief functions", in Cuzzolin
Dempster–Shafer_theory
Glossary of terms used in branch of mathematics
has a least upper bound. Closure operator. A closure operator on the poset P is a function C : P → P that is monotone, idempotent, and satisfies C(x) ≥
Glossary_of_order_theory
Mathematical theorem
(1960). "On monotone operators and convex functionals". Uspekhi Mat. Nauk. 15 (4): 213–215. Showalter, Ralph E. (1997). Monotone operators in Banach space
Kachurovskii's_theorem
Mathematical approximation of a function
Aguech, Rafik; Jedidi, Wissem (2015). "Completely monotone functions and kernels of the cut-off operator". p. 14. arXiv:1511.08345 [math.PR]. Hille & Phillips
Taylor_series
measure Measurable function Null set, negligible set Almost everywhere, conull set Lp space Borel–Cantelli lemma Lebesgue's monotone convergence theorem
List of integration and measure theory topics
List_of_integration_and_measure_theory_topics
Functional analysis theorem
theorem. Babuška–Lax–Milgram theorem Showalter, Ralph E. (1997). Monotone operators in Banach space and nonlinear partial differential equations. Mathematical
Lions–Lax–Milgram_theorem
True when either but not both inputs are true
alternation, logical non-equivalence, or logical inequality is a logical operator whose negation is the logical biconditional. With two inputs, XOR is true
Exclusive_or
optimization. Applications of the duality theory to enlargements of maximal monotone operators. Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH. ISBN 978-3-8325-2503-3. Radu Ioan Boţ (2010)
Perturbation_function
Axioms for defining a topology
{c} } preserving binary unions is the following condition: [K4'] It is monotone: A ⊆ B ⇒ c ( A ) ⊆ c ( B ) {\displaystyle A\subseteq B\Rightarrow \mathbf
Kuratowski_closure_axioms
American mathematician
Proper convex function Subdifferential Subgradient Convex set Carathéodory's theorem Convex cone Duality (mathematics) Monotone operator (Cyclic decomposition
R._Tyrrell_Rockafellar
Romanian mathematician and academic
convex analysis, convex optimization, nonsmooth optimization, and monotone operators. His works have been published in academic journals such as SIAM Journal
Radu_I._Boț
Branch of mathematics
appropriate functions between them. A simple example of an order theoretic property for functions comes from analysis where monotone functions are frequently
Order_theory
Number taken as representative of a list of numbers
of averages are strictly monotone, but some, such as the median, truncated mean, and winsorized mean, are only weakly monotone, and may remain the same
Average
Subadditive or superadditive integral
f:S\to \mathbb {R} } – a function. ν : F → R + {\displaystyle \nu :{\mathcal {F}}\to \mathbb {R} ^{+}} – a monotone set function. Assume that f {\displaystyle
Choquet_integral
Real function with finite total variation
bounded monotone. In particular, a BV function may have discontinuities, but at most countably many. In the case of several variables, a function f defined
Bounded_variation
Algebraic manipulation of "true" and "false"
output changing from 1 to 0. Operations with this property are said to be monotone. Thus the axioms thus far have all been for monotonic Boolean logic. Nonmonotonicity
Boolean_algebra
Mathematical concept of energy in physics
→ X {\displaystyle B:Y\to X} be a strongly monotone symmetric linear operator, that is, a linear operator satisfying ( B u | v ) = ( u | B v ) {\displaystyle
Energetic_space
Peruvian mathematician
research. Her research has significantly contributed to the study of monotone operators, quasiconvex optimization, and variational analysis, with applications
Yboon_García_Ramos
Measure of the shape of a function
Moments of a function in mathematics are certain quantitative measures related to the shape of the function's graph. For example, if the function represents
Moment_(mathematics)
Computer optimization methods
Bauschke, H.H., and Combettes, P.L. (2011). Convex analysis and monotone operator theory in Hilbert spaces. Springer.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple
Proximal gradient methods for learning
Proximal_gradient_methods_for_learning
Branch of mathematical logic
extension of first-order logic by a least fixed-point operator, which expresses the fixed-point of a monotone expression. This augments first-order logic with
Descriptive_complexity_theory
Logical operation
a difference. Negation is a linear logical operator. In Boolean algebra, a self dual function is a function such that: f ( a 1 , … , a n ) = ¬ f ( ¬ a
Negation
Nonparametric measure of rank correlation
correlation of +1 or −1 occurs when each of the variables is a perfect monotone function of the other. Intuitively, the Spearman correlation between two variables
Spearman's rank correlation coefficient
Spearman's_rank_correlation_coefficient
Generalization of the Legendre transformation
1970. Zălinescu 2002, pp. 75–79. Phelps, Robert (1993). Convex Functions, Monotone Operators and Differentiability (2 ed.). Springer. p. 42. ISBN 0-387-56715-1
Convex_conjugate
Partially ordered set in which all subsets have both a supremum and infimum
Knaster–Tarski theorem, which states that the set of fixed points of a monotone function on a complete lattice is again a complete lattice. This is easily
Complete_lattice
totally monotone is a mixture of exponential functions Inverse function Convex function, Concave function Singular function Harmonic function Weakly harmonic
List_of_real_analysis_topics
Type of mathematical space
subsequence that converges in (X, <). Every monotone increasing sequence in X converges to a unique limit in X. Every monotone decreasing sequence in X converges
Compact_space
Covariance and correlation
processing, cross-correlation is a measure of similarity of two series as a function of the displacement of one relative to the other. This is also known as
Cross-correlation
theorem — continuous functions can be approximated uniformly by rational functions on a set of Lebesgue measure zero Szász–Mirakyan operator — approximation
List of numerical analysis topics
List_of_numerical_analysis_topics
the use of a monotone, nonlinear transform of the X-ray transform. By selecting the exponential function for the monotone nonlinear function, the behavior
K-transform
Minimal measurable set with positive measure
{\displaystyle \mu (X)=c,} there exists a function S : [ 0 , c ] → Σ {\displaystyle S:[0,c]\to \Sigma } that is monotone with respect to inclusion, and a right-inverse
Atom_(measure_theory)
Type of topology in mathematics
and (open) continuous maps, and the category of preorders and (bounded) monotone maps, providing the preorder characterizations as well as the interior
Alexandrov_topology
Correlation of a signal with a time-shifted copy of itself, as a function of shift
Hassani, Hossein (2009). "Sum of the sample autocorrelation function". Random Operators and Stochastic Equations. 17 (2): 125–130. doi:10.1515/ROSE.2009
Autocorrelation
Mathematics of convex functions and sets
analysis, locally convex spaces, Banach spaces, Hilbert spaces, and monotone operator theory. Convex analysis allows many problems to be formulated both
Convex_analysis
Random set of points on a space with random number and random position
^{n}(A_{1}\times \cdots \times A_{n})=\prod _{i=1}^{n}\xi (A_{i})} By monotone class theorem, this uniquely defines the product measure on ( S n , B (
Point_process
preparation theorem (singularity theory) Mean value theorem (calculus) Monotone convergence theorem (mathematical analysis) Müntz–Szász theorem (functional
List_of_theorems
unique solution. This is closely related to the theory of maximal monotone operators, as developed by Minty and Haïm Brezis. Filippov's theory only allows
Differential_inclusion
Iranian mathematician (born 1966)
Mohammad Sal; Najafi, Hamed (2011). "Around Operator Monotone Functions". Integral Equations and Operator Theory. 71 (4): 575–582. arXiv:1110.6594. doi:10
Mohammad_Sal_Moslehian
American mathematician
matriods. According to K.-C. Chang: The theory of monotone operators and pseudo-monotone operators attracted much attention in the 1960s and 70s. The
George_J._Minty
Logical connective OR
by providing two distinct operators; in languages following C, bitwise disjunction is performed with the single pipe operator (|), and logical disjunction
Logical_disjunction
\tau } is called normal, iff for every monotone, increasing net H α {\displaystyle H_{\alpha }} of operators with least upper bound H {\displaystyle
State_(functional_analysis)
Functional equation characterizing associative binary operations
is associative if and only if there exists a continuous strictly monotone function f : E → R {\displaystyle f\colon E\to \mathbb {R} } such that F (
Associativity_equation
Class of algorithms for solving constrained optimization problems
proximal-point methods, Moreau–Yosida regularization, and maximal monotone operators; these methods were used in structural optimization. The method was
Augmented_Lagrangian_method
Commutativity of certain mathematical operations
Fichera convergence theorem Cafiero convergence theorem Fatou's lemma Monotone convergence theorem for integrals (Beppo Levi's lemma) Interchange of derivative
Interchange of limiting operations
Interchange_of_limiting_operations
Measure of covariance of components of a random vector
[(X_{i}-\operatorname {E} [X_{i}])(X_{j}-\operatorname {E} [X_{j}])]} where the operator E {\displaystyle \operatorname {E} } denotes the expected value (mean)
Covariance_matrix
Computational tool
continuous functions on the interval [0, 1], with the supremum norm, admits a Schauder basis. The Faber–Schauder system is the most commonly used monotone Schauder
Schauder_basis
Particular task in computer vision
a way that is invariant to affine deformations in the image domain and monotone intensity transformations. By studying how these structures evolve with
Blob_detection
OPERATOR MONOTONE-FUNCTION
OPERATOR MONOTONE-FUNCTION
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Beloved of the Moon; Moonstone
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Arabic
Orator; Preacher
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Arabic
Orator; Speaker
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Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Moonstone
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Orator
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Tamil
Orator
Boy/Male
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Orator; Preacher
Boy/Male
Tamil
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Great orator
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Hindu
Great orator
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Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Moonstone; Jewel
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Biblical
An orator.
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Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Telugu
Beloved of the Moon; Moonstone
Boy/Male
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Moonstone
Boy/Male
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Moonstone
Girl/Female
Tamil
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Moonstone, Jewel
Chandramani | சஂதà¯à®°à®®à®¨à¯€
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Arabic, Indian, Muslim
Orator; Preacher
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Moonstone
Boy/Male
Arabic
Orator; Speaker
Girl/Female
Arabic
Orator; Preacher
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Moonstone
OPERATOR MONOTONE-FUNCTION
OPERATOR MONOTONE-FUNCTION
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Goddess Saraswathi
Girl/Female
Hindu
(Wife of Sun)
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
New; Costly
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, Muslim
Prosperous; Successful; Female Version of Najih
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Blackish; Beauty; Lord Krishna
Girl/Female
Arabic, French, Hebrew
Precious Thing; Treasure
Girl/Female
Tamil
Shape, Structure
Girl/Female
Spanish
Strength; determination.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Who Rides a Swan; Sarasvati
Female
African
born in the evening (or night).
OPERATOR MONOTONE-FUNCTION
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a.
Alt. of Monotypic
n.
Any irksome sameness, or want of variety.
n.
A frequent recurrence of the same tone or sound, producing a dull uniformity; absence of variety, as in speaking or singing.
n.
An officer who is the voice of the university upon all public occasions, who writes, reads, and records all letters of a public nature, presents, with an appropriate address, those persons on whom honorary degrees are to be conferred, and performs other like duties; -- called also public orator.
a.
Alt. of Monotonical
n.
Hence, want of variety; tedious monotony.
n.
A noun having only one ending for the oblique cases.
n.
The utterance of successive syllables, words, or sentences, on one unvaried key or line of pitch.
n.
The symbol that expresses the operation to be performed; -- called also facient.
imp. & p. p.
of Operate
n.
A laboratory.
n.
A dealer in stocks or any commodity for speculative purposes; a speculator.
n.
One who, or that which, operates or produces an effect.
n.
One who performs some act upon the human body by means of the hand, or with instruments.
v. t.
To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work; as, to operate a machine.
a.
Of, pertaining to, or uttered in, a monotone; monotonous.
n.
A nearly pellucid variety of feldspar, showing pearly or opaline reflections from within. It is used as a gem. The best specimens come from Ceylon.
n.
A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting.
n.
A single unvaried tone or sound.
n.
That which is operated or accomplished; an effect brought about in accordance with a definite plan; as, military or naval operations.