constant
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- noun
- /ˈkɒnstənt/
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constante
- Scientists use various physical and mathematical constants to formulate their theories and equations.
- fundamental constants
- constants of nature
- values of the constants
You're going to move this constant to the right side.
- You're going to move this constant to the right side.
- For the Hubble constant, this shouldn't happen.
- So F = a constant constant function.
- But that's more difficult than just using the constants, and certainly not simple.
Examples
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For the Hubble constant, this shouldn't happen.
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And then we have our C, which is our constant of integration.
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These lines are lines of constant R, right?
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So this thing actually is a constant because P is bigger than two.
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There are a number of constants which have never been known to change in the history of science.
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Most astronomers accept a value for Hubble's constant of about 50 km/s/Mpc.
Academic text (1992) -
Hafan was one of the few constants during a time of upheaval and adjustment.
Academic text (2011) -
In reality, though, economic mismanagement has remained a constant during Iran's imperial and revolutionary eras.
Academic text (2008) -
Valerie and Fernanda, Jazz's half-sisters, had been a constant in her life throughout her earliest years.
Fiction book (1990) -
In mathematics, Pi is a well-known constant that represents the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.
Synonyms
A number or amount that does not change
A number or value that does not change in different situations
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Idioms
Compounds
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9.3
A small number in Einstein's theory that makes the universe expand faster
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3
7.0
The time in a circuit for the voltage or current to change by about 63 percent
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2
7.5
A number that shows how strong the pull of gravity is between two objects
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1
8.4
A number that relates the energy of a tiny particle of light to its frequency
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1
4.6
A steady change in an object's speed by the same amount in equal time periods
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1
6.4
The amount of the sun's energy that reaches each square meter at the top of Earth's atmosphere
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A number used in physics that connects the energy of tiny particles to temperature
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A number that shows how strong gravity is between two objects depending on their mass and distance
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A number that shows how much one value changes when another changes at the same rate
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A process in which the space a gas takes stays the same while pressure or temperature change
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A style of text where every letter takes the same amount of space
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A number that shows how easily a substance breaks into charged parts in water
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A number showing the amount of products compared with reactants when a chemical reaction stops changing
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A rule that a pure material always contains the same elements in the same amounts by weight, for example water
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A fixed number used in the ideal gas law to connect energy, temperature and amount of gas
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A number that shows how much a weak acid or base separates into ions in water
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A number used to calculate the wavelengths of light from hydrogen atoms
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A number that shows how strongly two objects with mass attract each other depending on their distance
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A number used in the ideal gas law to link energy, temperature, and amount of gas
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Etymology
Constant comes from Latin constans, from con- 'together' and stare 'to stand', like the English word stand, so in math a constant is a value that 'stands' the same and does not change.