invariable
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Adjective
invariable (not comparable)
- Not variable; unalterable; uniform; always having the same value.
- Isaac Taylor (1787–1865)
- Physical laws which are invariable.
- 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:
- “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.
- Isaac Taylor (1787–1865)
- (mathematics) Constant.
- (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.
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- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:invariable.
Translations
not variable
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.va.ʁjabl/
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Further reading
- “invariable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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