invariant

Etymology

in- + variant

adj

  1. Not varying; constant.
  2. (mathematics) Unaffected by a specified operation, especially by a transformation.
  3. (programming) Neither covariant nor contravariant.

noun

  1. An invariant quantity, function etc.
  2. (programming) Ellipsis of class invariant.

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