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constancy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | stability |
| Type of | unchangingness, changelessness, unchangeability, unchangeableness |
| Has types | metastability, monotony, invariance |
| Derivation | constant |
early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds.
constancy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
(psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | perceptual constancy |
| Type of | perception |
| Has types | brightness constancy, color constancy, colour constancy, shape constancy, size constancy |
constancy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | fidelity, faithfulness |
| Derivation | constant |
Examples of constancy
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Spontaneous flower constancy and learning in honey bees as a function of colour.
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New replaces old, progress tramples constancy, change annihilates the familiar.
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Was Barbara's constancy to her imprisoned beau not the stuff of romantic fiction?
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In a common usage, it also means constancy or sincerity in action or character.
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Finally, the poem is a hymn to mutual feeling, understanding, balance, constancy.
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If constancy is one side of the character question, authenticity is the other.
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It is valuable as a measure because of its durability and constancy of supply.
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His popular demonstrations of color constancy raised much interest in the concept.
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The old paint is OK to use if it is able to be stirred back into normal constancy.
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- The quality of being enduring and free from change or variation; "early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds"
- (psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation
- Faithfulness and dependability in personal attachments (especially sexual fidelity)
- (constant) changeless: unvarying in nature; "maintained a constant temperature"; "principles of unvarying validity"
- (constant) a quantity that does not vary
- (constant) a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context; "the velocity of light is a constant"
- Constant Anton Nieuwenhuys (21 July 1920 u2013 1 August 2005), better known as Constant, was a Dutch painter, sculptor, graphic artist, author and musician.
- (Constant (mathematics)) 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.
- (Constant (programming)) 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). ...
