CONSTANT
\kˈɒnstənt], \kˈɒnstənt], \k_ˈɒ_n_s_t_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of CONSTANT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger"
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persistent in occurrence and unvarying in nature; "maintained a constant temperature"; "a constant beat"; "principles of unvarying validity"; "a steady breeze"
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a quantity that does not vary
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steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection; "a man constant in adherence to his ideals"; "a constant lover"; "constant as the northern star"
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continually recurring or continuing without interruption; "constant repetition of the exercise"; "constant chatter of monkeys"
By Princeton University
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persistent in occurrence and unvarying in nature; "maintained a constant temperature"; "a constant beat"; "principles of unvarying validity"; "a steady breeze"
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a quantity that does not vary
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steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection; "a man constant in adherence to his ideals"; "a constant lover"; "constant as the northern star"
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continually recurring or continuing without interruption; "constant repetition of the exercise"; "constant chatter of monkeys"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Not liable, or given, to change; permanent; regular; continuous; continually recurring; steadfast; faithful; not fickle.
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Remaining unchanged or invariable, as a quantity, force, law, etc.
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Consistent; logical.
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A quantity that does not change its value; -- used in countradistinction to variable.
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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.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Continuous; faithful; firm; steadfast; true; unchanging; regular.
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That which is not subject to change, as gravity.
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Constantly.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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That which remains unchanged.
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Firm; fixed; unchanged; steadfast; unchangeable, as in mind, purpose, affection, or principle; determined; invariably the same.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Fixed; firm; unchangeable; firm in mind or principle; steady; faithful in affection; without intermission.
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That which remains unchanged, as the laws of gravity or the revolutions of the earth; a quantity which remains the same throughout a problem.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Changeless; invariable; characters, structures.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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In electrophysics, uninterrupted; not accompanied by marked variations of intensity.
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In physics, a value which is not subject to variation and which therefore serves as a unit of measurement, or as an unchanged factor in a given equation.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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