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Definition of Constant

Constant Firm; solid; fixed; immovable; -- opposed to fluid. Not liable, or given, to change; permanent; regular; continuous; continually recurring; steadfast; faithful; not fickle. Remaining unchanged or invariable, as a quantity, force, law, etc. Consistent; logical. That which is not subject to change; that which is invariable. A quantity that does not change its value; -- used in countradistinction to variable. A number whose value, when ascertained (as by observation) and substituted in a general mathematical formula expressing an astronomical law, completely determines that law and enables predictions to be made of its effect in particular cases. A number expressing some property or condition of a substance or of an instrument of precision; as, the dielectric constant of quartz; the collimation constant of a transit instrument. Related Definitions: An, And, As, Ascertained, Astronomical, Be, By, Change, Collimation, Completely, Condition, Consistent, Constant, Continually, Continuous, Dielectric, Does, Effect, Expressing, Faithful, Fickle, Firm, Fixed, Fluid, Force, Formula, General, Given, Immovable, In, Instrument, Invariable, Is, Law, Liable, Logical, Made, Mathematical, Not, Number, Observation, Of, Opposed, Or, Particular, Permanent, Precision, Property, Quantity, Quartz, Recurring, Regular, Remaining, Solid, Some, Steadfast, Subject, Substance, Substituted, That, The, To, Transit, Used, Value, Variable, When, Which, Whose

Constant Quotations Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy. Benjamin Franklin Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can; and when once you take hope and fear away, you take from it its very life and being. Francois de La Rochefoucauld A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism thus understood is not modernism at its end but in the nascent state, and this state is constant. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position. Mohandas Gandhi In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable. Benjamin Disraeli

Constant Translations constant in Afrikaans is vas constant in Dutch is bestendig, constant, gestaag constant in French is continuel, constante, constant constant in Italian is fermo constant in Latin is jugis, constans constant in Portuguese is constante constant in Spanish is constante

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