invariable

English

Etymology

in- + variable

Pronunciation

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Adjective

invariable (not comparable)

  1. Not variable; unalterable; uniform; always having the same value.
    • Isaac Taylor (1787–1865)
      Physical laws which are invariable.
    • 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:
      “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action.
  2. (mathematics) Constant.
  3. (by extension, grammar, of a word, or a grammatical class) That cannot undergo inflection, conjugation or declension.
    The French adjective marron (brown) is invariable: it does not take the usual s in the plural.

Quotations

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Translations

Noun

invariable (plural invariables)

  1. Something that does not vary; a constant.

See also


French

Etymology

in- + variable

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.va.ʁjabl/
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Adjective

invariable (plural invariables)

  1. invariable

Further reading


Spanish

Adjective

invariable (plural invariables)

  1. invariable
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