1.
[syn: invariability, invariableness, invariance]
2. the nature of a quantity or property or function that remains unchanged when a given transformation is applied to it;
- Example: "the invariance of the configuration under translation"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Invariance \In*va"ri*ance\, n. (Math.)
The property of remaining invariable under prescribed or
implied conditions. --J. J. Sylvester.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
invariance
n 1: the quality of being resistant to variation [syn:
invariability, invariableness, invariance] [ant:
variability, variableness, variance]
2: the nature of a quantity or property or function that remains
unchanged when a given transformation is applied to it; "the
invariance of the configuration under translation"