invariable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ɪnˈvɛɚbl̩/ (Texas, obsolete, possibly)
- /ɪnˈvɛɹ.i.ə.bl̩/ (General-American)
- /ɪnˈvɛə.ɹi.ə.bl̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English variable English invariable From in- + variable. Piecewise doublet of unvariable.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not variable; unalterable; uniform; always having the same value.
Physical laws which are invariable.
1860, Isaac Taylor, Ultimate Civilisation:The rebuilt "Merchant Navy" Pacifics have the monopoly of these workings, and Mr. C. K. Dunkley writes that as a result of their reduced water consumption, as compared with the unrebuilt engines, some engine-crews no longer spend time taking water at Southampton Central, the invariable practice previously.
1957 October 14, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 714:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action.
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
- (not-comparable) Constant.
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(broadly, not-comparable, of a word, qualifier:or a grammatical class) That cannot undergo inflection, conjugation or declension.
The French adjective marron ‘brown’ is invariable: it does not take the usual s in the plural.
Deriveds
invariable pendulum · invariableness · invariably · invariable plane
Synonyms
Translations (39)
fi muuttumaton (not variable) · te జిడ్డుగాడు (not variable) · ru неизме́нный (not variable) · uk сталий ((mathematics) constant) · pt invariável (not variable) · sv oföränderlig (not variable) · ro invariabilă (not variable) · ka არაცვლადი (not variable) · pl stały (not variable) · ro nevariabil (not variable) · da uforanderlig (not variable) · ka შეუცვლელი (not variable) · bg константен ((mathematics) constant) · it invariabile (not variable) · bg неизменя́ем (not variable) · nb ubøyelig (not variable) · gv kinjagh (not variable) · ru неизменя́емый (not variable) · uk постійний ((mathematics) constant) · el άκλιτος (not variable) · bg постоянен ((mathematics) constant) · ca invariable (not variable) · gv neuchaghlaaee (not variable) · te మార్పులేని (not variable) · gv shassooagh (not variable) · ro neschimbabil (not variable) · ka უცვლელი (not variable) · ga do-athraitheach (not variable) · uk незмінний (not variable) · ro invariabil (not variable) · es invariable (not variable) · nl onveranderlijk (not variable) · bg неизменен (not variable) · es ejecutorio (not variable) · pl niezmienny (not variable) · de unveränderlich (not variable) · ka მუდმივი (not variable) · fr invariable (not variable) · nrf învâriabl'ye (not variable)