CONSTANT QUANTITY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A quantity that does not vary

Synonyms:

constant; constant quantity; invariable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("constant quantity" is a kind of...):

quantity (the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "constant quantity"):

parameter; parametric quantity (a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves)

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