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Webster 1913 Edition

Invariable

In-va′ri-a-ble

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Adj.
[Pref.
in-
not +
variable
: cf. F.
invariable
.]
Not given to variation or change; unalterable; unchangeable; always uniform.
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In-va′ri-a-ble-ness
,
Noun.
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In-va′ri-a-bly
,
adv.

In-va′ri-a-ble

,
Noun.
(Math.)
An invariable quantity; a constant.

Webster 1828 Edition

Invariable

INVA'RIABLE

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Adj.
Constant in the same state; immutable; unalterable; unchangeable; that does not vary; always uniform. The character and the laws of the Supreme Being must necessarily be invariable.

Definition 2024

invariable

invariable

English

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 W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter IX”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
      “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

  • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:invariable.

Translations

Noun

invariable ‎(plural invariables)

  1. Something that does not vary; a constant.

See also

French

Etymology

in- +‎ variable

Pronunciation

Adjective

invariable m, f ‎(plural invariables)

  1. invariable

Spanish

Adjective

invariable m, f ‎(plural invariables)

  1. invariable

Etymology

in- +‎ variable

Pronunciation

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