invariable

in·var·i·a·ble

not variable; not changing; constant; uniform

Origin of invariable

Medieval Latin invariabilis

an invariable quantity; constant

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invariable

adjective

Not changing or subject to change; constant.

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in·var′i·a·bil′i·ty in·var′i·a·ble·ness
noun

in·var′i·a·bly
adverb

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Adjective

(not comparable)

Not variable; unalterable; uniform; always having the same value.
(mathematics) constant.
(by extension, grammar, of a word, or a grammatical class) That cannot undergo inflection, conjugation or declension.
The French adjective marron (brown) is invariable: it does not take the usual s in the plural.

Noun

(plural invariables)

Something that does not vary; a constant.

Origin

in- +‎ variable

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The possible forms of the invariable cone are indicated in fig.
His almost invariable success raised the reputation of the Austrian army to a point which it never reached either before or since his day.
The local vehicles that passed him invariable gave him a wave and a wide berth.
Ptolemy, following the invariable Greek method, placed them thus---1, s, .ib.
The last is an invariable provision, and occurs in all subsequent Regency Acts.

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