constant
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constant/ˈkɒnstənt/
▶adjective
- 1 occurring continuously.
- 2 remaining the same.
■ faithful and dependable.
■ 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.
constancy noun,
constantly adverb.
– origin ME: from OFr., from L. constant-, constare ‘stand firm’, from con- ‘with’ + stare ‘stand’.
'constant' also found in these Oxford entries:
along
- arbitrary
- arithmetic progression
- assiduity
- Avogadro's constant
- azeotrope
- Boltzmann's constant
- Boyle's law
- ceaseless
- Charles's law
- chestnut
- coefficient
- coherent
- conservation
- conserve
- coupling constant
- cruise control
- dielectric constant
- din
- direct proportion
- drum
- dynamic
- ellipse
- exponential function
- faraday
- Faraday's constant
- fix
- fixed costs
- G
- gas constant
- gas equation
- Gay-Lussac's law
- geometric progression
- gravitational constant
- h
- harass
- homeotherm
- hotspur
- Hubble's law
- indefinite integral
- invariable
- isokinetic
- k
- keep
- laminar
- latch
- liquid
- loyal
- mean sun
