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constant 音标拼音: [k'ɑnstənt] n. 常数,恒量
a. 不变的,一定的,时常的 常数,恒量不变的,一定的,时常的 constant常数 constant常数 constant adj 1: unvarying in nature; " maintained a constant temperature"; " principles of unvarying validity" [ synonym: { changeless}, { constant}, { invariant}, { unvarying}] 2: steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection; " a man constant in adherence to his ideals"; " a constant lover"; " constant as the northern star" [ ant: { inconstant}] 3: uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; " the ceaseless thunder of surf"; " in constant pain"; " night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; " the never- ending search for happiness"; " the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; " man' s unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; " unremitting demands of hunger" [ synonym: { ceaseless}, { constant}, { incessant}, { never- ending}, { perpetual}, { unceasing}, { unremitting}] n 1: a quantity that does not vary [ synonym: { constant}, { constant quantity}, { invariable}] 2: a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context; " the velocity of light is a constant" Constant \ Con" stant\ ( k[ o^] n" stant), a. [ L. onstans, - antis, p. pr. of constare to stand firm, to be consistent; con- stare to stand: cf. F. constant. See { Stand} and cf. { Cost}, v. t.] 1. Firm; solid; fixed; immovable; -- opposed to { fluid}. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] If . . . you mix them, you may turn these two fluid liquors into a constant body. -- Boyle. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Not liable, or given, to change; permanent; regular; continuous; continually recurring; steadfast; faithful; not fickle. Opposite of { changeable} and { variable}. [ 1913 Webster] Both loving one fair maid, they yet remained constant friends. -- Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster] I am constant to my purposes. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] His gifts, his constant courtship, nothing gained. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] Onward the constant current sweeps. -- Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Math. & Physics) Remaining unchanged or invariable, as a quantity, force, law, etc. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Consistent; logical. [ Obs.] -- Shak. Syn: Fixed; steadfast; unchanging; permanent; unalterable; immutable; invariable; perpetual; continual; resolute; firm; unshaken; determined. Usage: { Constant}, { Continual}, { Perpetual}. These words are sometimes used in an absolute and sometimes in a qualified sense. Constant denotes, in its absolute sense, unchangeably fixed; as, a constant mind or purpose. In its qualified sense, it marks something as a " standing" fact or occurence; as, liable to constant interruptions; constantly called for. Continual, in its absolute sense, coincides with continuous. See { Continuous}. In its qualified sense, it describes a thing as occuring in steady and rapid succession; as, a round of continual calls; continually changing. Perpetual denotes, in its absolute sense, what literally never ceases or comes to an end; as, perpetual motion. In its qualified sense, it is used hyperbolically, and denotes that which rarely ceases; as, perpetual disturbance; perpetual noise; perpetual intermeddling. [ 1913 Webster]
Constant \ Con" stant\, n. 1. That which is not subject to change; that which is invariable. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Math.) A quantity that does not change its value; -- used in countradistinction to { variable}. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Astron.) A number whose value, when ascertained ( as by observation) and substituted in a general mathematical formula expressing an astronomical law, completely determines that law and enables predictions to be made of its effect in particular cases. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] 4. ( Physics) A number expressing some property or condition of a substance or of an instrument of precision; as, the dielectric constant of quartz; the collimation constant of a transit instrument. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] 5. ( Computers) a data structure that does not change during the course of execution of a program. It may be a number, a string, or a more complex data structure; -- contrasted with { variable}. [ PJC] { Aberration constant}, or { Constant of aberration} ( Astron.), a number which by substitution in the general formula for aberration enables a prediction to be made of the effect of aberration on a star anywhere situated. Its value is 20[ sec]. 47. { Absolute constant} ( Math.), one whose value is absolutely the same under all circumstances, as the number 10, or any numeral. { Arbitrary constant}, an undetermined constant in a differential equation having the same value during all changes in the values of the variables. { Gravitation constant} ( Physics), the acceleration per unit of time produced by the attraction of a unit of mass at unit distance. When this is known the acceleration produced at any distance can be calculated. { Solar constant} ( Astron.), the quantity of heat received by the earth from the sun in a unit of time. It is, on the C. G. S. system, 0. 0417 small calories per square centimeter per second. -- Young. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] { Constant of integration} ( Math.), an undetermined constant added to every result of integration. 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