FromMiddle English constant Old French constant Latin constantem constans cōnstāre ( “ to stand firm ” ) . Displaced nativeOld English singal
constant (comparative moreconstant ,superlative mostconstant )
Unchanged throughtime orspace ;permanent .Consistently recurring over time;persistent .Synonyms: see Thesaurus:continuous 2013 November 16, Schumpeter, “The mindfulness business ”, inThe Economist 409 , number8862 :Theconstant pinging of electronic devices is driving many people to the end of their tether. Electronic devices not only overload the senses and invade leisure time. They feed on themselves: the more people tweet the more they are rewarded with followers and retweets.
Steady in purpose, action, feeling, etc.c. 1580 (date written), Philippe Sidnei [i.e. ,Philip Sidney ], “[ The Second Booke] Chapter 3”, in [Fulke Greville ;Matthew Gwinne ;John Florio ], editors,The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia The New Arcadia [ … ] [John Windet ] forWilliam Ponsonbie , published1590 ,→OCLC folio 162, recto :Both loving one fair maid, they yet remainedconstant friends.
c. 1599–1602 William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act V, scene ii] :I amconstant to my purposes.
Firm ;solid ; notfluid .1659 December 30 (date written),Robert Boyle ,New Experiments Physico-Mechanicall, Touching the Spring of the Air, and Its Effects [ … ] , Oxford, Oxfordshire: [ … ] H[ enry] Hall, printer to theUniversity , for Tho[ mas] Robinson, published1660 ,→OCLC If[ …] constant body.
( obsolete ) Consistent ;logical .c. 1601–1602 (date written)William Shakespeare , “Twelfe Night, or What You Will ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act IV, scene ii] :I am no more mad than you are: make the trial of it with anyconstant question.
( computing , complexity theory) constant time constant space
unchanged through time
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consistently recurring over time
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steady
Azerbaijani:mütəmadi Breton:kendalc'hus Bulgarian:постоянен (bg) ( postojanen ) ,неизменен (bg) ( neizmenen ) ,верен (bg) ( veren ) Catalan:constant (ca) ,ferm (ca) ,perseverant (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:持久的 ( Chíjiǔde ) Finnish:vakaa (fi) ,muuttumaton (fi) French:constant (fr) German:konstant (de) ,fest (de) Greek:σταθερός (el) m ( statherós ) ,συνεχής (el) m ( synechís ) Hindi:धीर (hi) ( dhīr ) ,स्थिर (hi) ( sthir ) Hungarian:állhatatos (hu) ,kitartó (hu) Irish:diongbháilte Italian:costante (it) Polish:stały (pl) Portuguese:constante (pt) Romanian:constant (ro) m or n stabil (ro) m Sanskrit:धीर (sa) ( dhīra ) Scottish Gaelic:cunbhalach seasmhach Spanish:constante (es) ,perseverante (es) ,constable (es) ( disused ) Swedish:konstant (sv)
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constant (plural constants
That which ispermanent orinvariable . ( algebra ) quantity that remains at a fixed value throughout a given discussion or operation.Antonym: variable Coordinate terms: parameter metaparameter 2015 arXiv [1] We also establish thatconstants are local extremizers of the Tomas-Stein adjoint restriction inequality as well as of another inequality appearing in the program..
( sciences ) Coordinate terms: parameter metaparameter 2015 et al. , “Selenium Cycling Across Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Interfaces: A Critical Review”, inNutrients [2] →DOI Based on their acid dissociationconstants (pKa), seleneous[sic acid (H2SeO3) and selenic acid (H2SeO4) are anionic under common environmental conditions [48], e.g., as selenite (SeO32−) and selenate (SeO42−). ( computing ) identifier that isbound to aninvariant value; a fixed value given a name to aid in readability ofsource code .that which is permanent or invariable
algebra: quantity that remains fixed
science: property that does not change
identifier that is bound to an invariant value
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Borrowed fromLatin cōnstantem
constant m or f masculine and feminine plural constants
constant Antonym: inconstant constant f plural constants
constant “constant ”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana Dictionary of the Catalan Language Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans ], April 2007 “constant ”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana ,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana ,2026 “constant” inDiccionari normatiu valencià ,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua .“constant” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear , Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.constant
gerund ofconstar Borrowed fromMiddle French constant Latin cōnstāns
IPA (key ) : /kɔnˈstɑnt/ ,/ˈkɔn.stɑnt/ Hyphenation:con‧stant Rhymes:-ɑnt constant (comparative constanter superlative constantst
constant invariable constant,continuous ,unceasing Learned borrowing fromLatin cōnstans
constant
present participle ofconster constant (feminine constante masculine plural constants feminine plural constantes
constant cōnstant
third-person plural present active indicative ofcōnstō Borrowed fromFrench constant Latin constans
IPA (key ) : /konˈstant/ Rhymes:-ant Hyphenation:con‧stant constant m or n feminine singular constantă masculine plural constanți feminine/neuter plural constante
constant 
