Constant

/ˈkɒnstənt/ · adjective

Meaning

Unchanged through time or space; permanent..

Definitions by Sense

1. Unchanged through time or space; permanent.
2. Consistently recurring over time; persistent.
3. Steady in purpose, action, feeling, etc.
4. Firm; solid; not fluid.
5. (obsolete) Consistent; logical.
6. (computing, complexity theory) Bounded above by a constant.
7. That which is permanent or invariable.
8. (algebra) A quantity that remains at a fixed value throughout a given discussion or operation.

Example Sentences

The constant 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.

Both loving one fair maid, they yet remained constant friends.

I am constant to my purposes.

His gifts, his constant courtship, nothing gained.

If […] you mix them, you may turn these two fluid liquors into a constant body.

I am no more mad than you are: make the trial of it with any constant question.

constant time   constant space

We also establish that constants are local extremizers of the Tomas-Stein adjoint restriction inequality as well as of another inequality appearing in the program..

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• more constant
• most constant
• constants

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