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Webster's English Dictionary

constant

a. [L. onstans, -antis, p. pr. of constare to stand firm, to be consistent; con- + stare to stand: cf. F. constant. See Stand and cf. Cost, v. t.]1. Firm; solid; fixed; immovable; -- opposed to fluid. ()

If . . . you mix them, you may turn these two fluid liquors into a constant body. (Boyle.)

2. Not liable, or given, to change; permanent; regular; continuous; continually recurring; steadfast; faithful; not fickle. Opposite of changeable and variable. ()

Both loving one fair maid, they yet remained constant friends. (Sir P. Sidney.)

I am constant to my purposes. (Shak.)

His gifts, his constant courtship, nothing gained. (Dryden.)

Onward the constant current sweeps. (Longfellow.)

3. (Math. & Physics) Remaining unchanged or invariable, as a quantity, force, law, etc. ()

4. Consistent; logical. (Shak.)

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n. 1. That which is not subject to change; that which is invariable. ()

2. (Math.) A quantity that does not change its value; -- used in countradistinction to variable. ()

3. (Astron.) 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. ()

4. (Physics) 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. ()

5. (Computers) a data structure that does not change during the course of execution of a program. It may be a number, a string, or a more complex data structure; -- contrasted with variable. ()

Aberration constant, or Constant of aberration (Astron.), a number which by substitution in the general formula for aberration enables a prediction to be made of the effect of aberration on a star anywhere situated. Its value is 20.47. -- Absolute constant (Math.), one whose value is absolutely the same under all circumstances, as the number 10, or any numeral. -- Arbitrary constant, an undetermined constant in a differential equation having the same value during all changes in the values of the variables. -- Gravitation constant (Physics), the acceleration per unit of time produced by the attraction of a unit of mass at unit distance. When this is known the acceleration produced at any distance can be calculated. -- Solar constant (Astron.), the quantity of heat received by the earth from the sun in a unit of time. It is, on the C. G. S. system, 0.0417 small calories per square centimeter per second. Young. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] -- Constant of integration (Math.), an undetermined constant added to every result of integration. ()