Constant is an adjective attributed to everything that is part of or included in something. It consists of a characteristic related to what is manifested or registered in a certain thing or that one can affirm one's certainty about that.
Example: "The boy's constant effort led him to achieve great deeds".
It can also be a characteristic attributed to something that doesn't change, does not vary, that is, from something that is fixed.
Example: "The moon always has its constant glow".
The term constant can also refer to something that repeats itself or has a continuity, a progressiveness.
Example: "The growth of plants is constant".
In mathematics, the term constant refers to quantity that does not have a fixed value in a particular calculation, mathematical process, or equation. This means that the constant has a value that does not change within a specific context.
In mathematical processes, the constant always appears related to a variable condition (where the values can be modified).
In Physics, the constant term is related to the physical or numerical quantity whose value regardless of the conditions that a system is subject to or that it remains unchanged throughout a process.
He is then the invariant value of a physical quantity over time, as the speed of light in a vacuum, which has a value corresponding to 299,792,458 m/s
In the area of information technology, specifically in the programming sector, the constant is the value that cannot be changed while running a program. In this sense, it corresponds to a physical quantity in an area stored in the memory of a computer.
Synonyms of constant
Constant, which is an adjective of two genders, can be replaced by synonyms like:
- incessant;
- progressive;
- permanent;
- followed;
- uninterrupted;
- continuous;
- continued;
- frequent;
- repeated;
- unalterable;
- immutable;
- stable;
- maintainer;
- regular;
- uniform;
- durable;
- fixed;
- invariable.