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[ US /ˈkɑnstənt/ ]
[ US /ˈkɑnstənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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unvarying in nature
principles of unvarying validity
maintained a constant temperature -
steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection
a constant lover
constant as the northern star
a man constant in adherence to his ideals -
uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
the ceaseless thunder of surf
the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy
man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation
night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city
in constant pain
unremitting demands of hunger
the never-ending search for happiness
NOUN
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a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context
the velocity of light is a constant - a quantity that does not vary
How To Use constant In A Sentence
- While poor excommunicated Miss Tox, who, if she were a fawner and toad – eater, was at least an honest and a constant one, and had ever borne a faithful friendship towards her impeacher and had been truly absorbed and swallowed up in devotion to the magnificence of Mr Dombey and Son
- For 10,000,000 years during the Miocene, Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs this area was a fiery inferno of constant volcanic activity and magnificent giants such as the Grizaba, La Malinche, Iztaccihuatl, Popocatepetl, Volcan de Toluca and Volcan de Colima, along with thousands of smaller volcanic cones, came into eruptive existence. The geology and geography of Lake Chapala and western Mexico
- The near-constant depth of the abyssal sea floor indicates that the lithosphere thickens to roughly 100 km in 70 million years, but then ceases to grow.
- Derek constantly overcompensates for his lack of intelligence by proclaiming himself the smartest man alive.
- Her life is a constant juggling act, coping with career, family, and home life single-handed.
- He had to toughen his skin against constant and vile abuse. The Sun
- In 1867 another visitor, Mark Twain, called Jerusalem “the knobbiest town in the world, except Constantinople.” Crossing Mandelbaum Gate
- At parties, it is like being in a maze: one constantly has to jump in the air in the hope of seeing a way out. Times, Sunday Times
- Richard and his friends, he reminds us constantly, are wealthy, beautiful, aloof from the slings and arrows of dowdiness and paying bills and slogging it out in monotonous jobs.
- Total Capital Expenditures for 2009 are less than historical and current estimates for Maintenance and Obligatory Capital Expenditures which we define as the estimated amount of investment in capital projects and obligatory spending on existing facilities and operations needed to hold production approximately constant for the period. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
