constant

Meanings

Adjective

• Unchanged through time or space; permanent.
• Consistently recurring over time; persistent.
• Steady in purpose, action, feeling, etc.
• Firm; solid; not fluid.
• Consistent; logical.
• Bounded above by a constant.

Noun

• That which is permanent or invariable.
• A quantity that remains at a fixed value throughout a given discussion.
• Any property of an experiment, determined numerically, that does not change under given circumstances.
• An identifier that is bound to an invariant value; a fixed value given a name to aid in readability of source code.

Origin

• From Middle English constant, from Old French constant, from Latin constantem, accusative of constans, from constare. Displaced native .