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constant definition

con·stant (kän′stənt)

adjective

  1. not changing; remaining the same; specif.,
    1. remaining firm in purpose; resolute
    2. remaining steady in affections or loyalties; faithful
    3. remaining free from variation or change; regular; stable
  2. going on all the time; continual; persistent constant interruptions

Etymology: ME & OFr constaunt < L constans: see constancy

noun

  1. anything that does not change or vary
  2. Math., Physics
    1. a quantity that always has the same value
      in full absolute constant
    2. a quantity, vector, etc. assumed to have one value throughout a particular discussion or investigation
      in full arbitrary constant

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Constant definition

Con·stant (kōn stän′)

Constant, Benjamin (Henri Benjamin Constant de Rebecque) 1767-1830; Fr. writer & politician, born in Switzerland

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constant Synonyms

constant

modif.

  1. Not changing or ceasing

    steady, uniform, unchanging, invariable, continuous, persistent, continual, incessant, ceaseless, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting, uninterrupted, regular, repeated, unvarying, equable, even, fixed, consistent, connected, unbroken, nonstop, relentless, immutable, monotonous, monochrome, monochromatic, standardized, regularized, interminable, endless, unending, never-ending, permanent, eternal, everlasting; see also perpetual 1, 2, regular 3.

  2. Faithful

    steadfast, unswerving, resolute; see faithful. See syn. study at faithful, perpetual.


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constant Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • define: The class that defines the constants that are used to identify generic SQL types, called JDBC types.

Adjective modifier

  • elastic: I am using the modification of the Eshelby approach to model for the elastic constants of porous coatings.

Modifies a noun

  • reminder: Working with real patients is a constant reminder of what the research is ultimately all about.

Used with adjective complement

  • remain: However, levels of criminal damage have remained fairly constant across the force.

Noun used with modifier

  • hollerith: These are TAB format, byte-length specifiers and Hollerith constants.

Preposition: of

  • proportionality: In order to calculate the polarization we need signals which are proportional to the incoming intensities, with a common constant of proportionality.
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The one thing constant in a changing world is the avant- garde.

-Jouvet, Louis

   To Sorrow, I bade good-morrow, And thought to leave her far away behind; But cheerly, cheerly, She loves me dearly; She is so constant to me, and so kind.

-Keats,John

Nec species sua cuique manet, rerumque novatrix ex aliis alias reddit natura figuras. nec perit in toto quidquam, mihi credite, mundo, sed variat faciemque novat, nascique vocatur incipere esse aliud, quam quod fuit ante, morique, desinere illud idem. cum sint huc forsitan illa, haec translata illuc, summa tamen omnia constant. No species remains constant: that great renovator of matter Nature, endlessly fashions new forms from old: there's nothing in the whole universe that perishes, believe me; rather it renews and varies its substance. What we describe as birth isno morethan incipient change froma prior state, while dying is merely to quit it. Though the parts may be transported hither and thither, the sum of all matter is constant.

-Ovid full name Publius OvidiusNaso   4317

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