Invariant definition

ĭn-vârē-ənt
invariants
Frequency:
Not varying; constant.
adjective
0
0
(mathematics) Unaffected by a designated operation, as a transformation of coordinates.
adjective
0
0
An invariant quantity, function, configuration, or system.
noun
0
0
Not varying; constant; specif., having the nature of an invariant.
adjective
0
0
(math.) An entity that is unchanged by a given transformation.
noun
0
0
Advertisement
adjective
0
0
(mathematics) Unaffected by a specified operation (especially by a transformation)
adjective
0
0
(computing, programming) Neither covariant nor contravariant.
adjective
0
0
An invariant quantity, function etc.
noun
0
0

Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
invariant
Plural:
invariants

Invariant Sentence Examples

  • This arose from the study by Felix Klein and Sophus Lie of a new theory of groups of substitutions; it was shown that there exists an invariant theory connected with every group of linear substitutions.

  • This expression of R shows that, as will afterwards appear, the resultant is a simultaneous invariant of the two forms.

  • Remark.-The invariant C is a numerical multiple of the resultant of the covariants i and j, and if C = o, p is the common factor of i and j.

  • Such a symbolic product, if its does not vanish identically, denotes an invariant or a covariant, according as factors az, bz, cz,...

  • The invariant theory then existing was classified by them as appertaining to " finite continuous groups."

More sentences

Related articles

Words near invariant in the Dictionary