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monotony: constancy of tone or pitch or inflection; the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety; "he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work"; "he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners"; "he hated the sameness of the food the college served"

assonance collapse: the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words

alliteration collapse: use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"

squirrel cage collapse: cage with a cylindrical framework that rotates as a small animal runs inside it

harmonic collapse: any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental; a tone that is a component of a complex sound; relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body; "sympathetic vibration"; of or relating to harmony as distinct from melody and rhythm; "subtleties of harmonic change and tonality"- Ralph Hill; of or relating to the branch of acoustics that studies the composition of musical sounds; "the sound of the resonating cavity cannot be the only determinant of the harmonic response"; of or relating to harmonics

singsong collapse: a regular and monotonous rising and falling intonation; speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong; move as if accompanied by a singsong; "The porters singsonged the travellers' luggage up the mountain"

sameness collapse: the quality of being alike; "sameness of purpose kept them together"

frequency collapse: the number of observations in a given statistical category; the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations; the number of occurrences within a given time period; "the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second"; "the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older"

intonation collapse: the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations; the act of singing in a monotonous tone; singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong; rise and fall of the voice pitch

partial collapse: being or affecting only a part; not total; "a partial description of the suspect"; "partial collapse"; "a partial eclipse"; "a partial monopoly"; "partial immunity"; showing favoritism

treadmill collapse: a job involving drudgery and confinement; a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps; an exercise device consisting of an endless belt on which a person can walk or jog without changing place

overtone collapse: a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency; (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality; "overtones of despair"

regularity collapse: the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate; "he was famous for the regularity of his habits"; a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles

humdrum collapse: tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea"

monologue collapse: a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor; a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation)

monotone collapse: an unchanging intonation; a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)

rhyme collapse: correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds); compose rhymes; be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable; "hat and cat rhyme"

fullness collapse: the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing; "the music had a fullness that echoed through the hall"; "the cheap wine had no body, no mellowness"; "he was well aware of the richness of his own appearance"; greatness of volume; the condition of being filled to capacity

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