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What (who) is constant - definition
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Constants; Constint; Constant (name); Numerical constant; Constant (disambiguation); The Constant (album); Constant value; Propositional constant
Constant
·vt Consistent; logical.
II. Constant ·vt Firm; solid; fixed; immovable;
- opposed to fluid.
III. Constant ·noun That which is not subject to change; that which is invariable.
IV. Constant ·vt Remaining unchanged or invariable, as a quantity, force, law, ·etc.
V. Constant ·noun A quantity that does not change its value;
- used in countradistinction to variable.
VI. Constant ·vt Not liable, or given, to change; permanent; regular; continuous; continually recurring; steadfast; faithful; not fickle.
VII. Constant ·add. ·noun A number expressing some property or condition of a substance or of an instrument of precision; as, the dielectric constant of quartz; the collimation constant of a transit instrument.
VIII. Constant ·add. ·noun A number whose value, when ascertained (as by observation) and substituted in a general mathematical formula expressing an astronomical law, completely determines that law and enables predictions to be made of its effect in particular cases.
constant
¦ adjective
1. occurring continuously.
2. remaining the same.
faithful and dependable.
¦ noun an unchanging situation.
?Mathematics a component of a relationship between variables that does not change its value.
?Physics a number expressing a relation or property which remains the same in all circumstances, or for the same substance under the same conditions.
Derivatives
constancy noun
constantly adverb
Origin
ME: from OFr., from L. constant-, constare 'stand firm', from con- 'with' + stare 'stand'.
constant
a.
1.
Stable, fixed, immutable, unvaried, invariable, unchanging, permanent, perpetual.
2.
Uniform, regular, stated, certain.
3.
Resolute, firm, steady, steadfast, stanch, determined, unshaken, unwavering.
4.
Persevering, assiduous, unremitting.
5.
Incessant, uninterrupted, unbroken, perpetual, continuous, continual.
6.
Faithful, true, trusty, loyal, devoted.
Examples of use of constant
1. It wasn‘t fear exactly –– there was constant chatter, constant activity.
2. Again, I was struck by the vastness of it all, by the constant motion, constant work.
3. The first fundamental constant to look vulnerable was the fine–structure constant.
4. But what I think is that this constant wound, that this constant sore, does infect all of our foreign policy.
5. The constant yelling of famous book titles mixes with the constant honking of car and rickshaw horns.