1.
[syn: constant, constant quantity, invariable]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. not liable to or capable of change;
- Example: "an invariable temperature"
- Example: "an invariable rule"
- Example: "his invariable courtesy"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Invariable \In*va"ri*a*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + variable: cf.
F. invariable.]
Not given to variation or change; unalterable; unchangeable;
always uniform.
[1913 Webster]
Physical laws which are invariable. --I. Taylor.
-- In*va"ri*a*ble*ness, n. -- In*va"ri*a*bly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Invariable \In*va"ri*a*ble\, n. (Math.)
An invariable quantity; a constant.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
invariable
adj 1: not liable to or capable of change; "an invariable
temperature"; "an invariable rule"; "his invariable
courtesy" [ant: variable]
n 1: a quantity that does not vary [syn: constant, constant
quantity, invariable]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
103 Moby Thesaurus words for "invariable":
abiding, accordant, alike, automatic, balanced, blah,
broken-record, changeless, consistent, consonant, constant,
continuous, correspondent, drearisome, dreary, dry, dryasdust,
dull, dusty, enduring, equable, equal, eternal, even, everlasting,
fast, fixed, flat, harping, homogeneous, humdrum, immovable,
immutable, inalterable, incommutable, inconvertible, indefeasible,
inert, inflexible, insusceptible of change, intransmutable,
invariant, irretrievable, irreversible, irrevocable, jog-trot,
lasting, level, long-winded, measured, mechanical, methodic,
monolithic, monotonous, noble, nonreturnable, nonreversible,
of a piece, ordered, orderly, permanent, persistent, prolix,
regular, reverseless, rigid, robotlike, set, singsong, smooth,
stable, steadfast, steady, systematic, tedious, treadmill,
unalterable, unalterative, unaltered, unbroken, unchangeable,
unchanged, unchanging, undeflectable, undeviating,
undifferentiated, undiversified, uneventful, unexceptional,
unfailing, uniform, unmodifiable, unmodified, unmovable,
unremitting, unrestorable, unreturnable, unruffled, unsusceptible,
unvariable, unvaried, unvarying, unwavering