invariable

Etymology

in- + variable

adj

  1. Not variable; unalterable; uniform; always having the same value.
    Physical laws which are invariable. 1860, Isaac Taylor, Ultimate Civilisation
  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.

noun

  1. Something that does not vary; a constant.

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