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constant::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ceaseless, incessant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting |
in constant pain.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | changeless, invariant, unvarying |
| Derivation | constancy |
maintained a constant temperature.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | constant quantity, invariable |
| Type of | quantity |
| Has types | parameter, parametric quantity |
constant::noun | Spocien Dictionary
the velocity of light is a constant.
constant::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | constancy |
a man constant in adherence to his ideals.
a constant lover.
constant as the northern star.
Examples of constant
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All along, my wife, family, friends and church were constant sources of support.
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The usual approach is to make just one change and keep everything else constant.
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All walking, every day, for hours, in the constant heat, on errands of survival.
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Imagine a balance beam routine over four hooves, cantering in a constant circle.
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Faced with a constant supply and access, no dog will be able to resist for long.
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Playing rosters, meanwhile, require constant reinvestment to remain competitive.
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It broke down frequently and required a trained technician's constant attention.
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There is a constant battle for power between the SCAF and the democratic forces.
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While the Nationals lost Monday, the constant over those two games was Espinosa.
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- A quantity that does not vary
- Changeless: unvarying in nature; "maintained a constant temperature"; "principles of unvarying validity"
- A number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context; "the velocity of light is a constant"
- Steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection; "a man constant in adherence to his ideals"; "a constant lover"; "constant as the northern star"
- Ceaseless: 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 ...
- (constantly) without variation or change, in every case; "constantly kind and gracious"; "he always arrives on time"
- Constant Anton Nieuwenhuys (21 July 1920 u2013 1 August 2005), better known as Constant, was a Dutch painter, sculptor, graphic artist, author and musician.
- In mathematics, a constant (more precisely, constant quantity) is a non-varying value, i.e. completely fixed or fixed in the context of use. The term usually occurs in opposition to variable (i.e. variable quantity), which is a symbol that stands for a value that may vary.
- In computer programming, a constant is a special kind of variable whose value cannot typically be altered by the program during its execution (though in some cases this can be circumvented, e.g. using self-modifying code). ...
