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invariable

[in-vair-ee-uh-buhl] Example Sentences Origin

in·var·i·a·ble

[in-vair-ee-uh-buhl]
adjective
1.
not variable; not changing or capable of being changed; static or constant.
noun
2.
something that is invariable; a constant.

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Invariable has a plethora of syllables.
So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English; see in-3, variable

in·var·i·a·bil·i·ty, in·var·i·a·ble·ness, noun
in·var·i·a·bly, adverb


1. unalterable, unchanging, changeless, invariant, unvarying, immutable.


1. changing.

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Example Sentences
  • What mattered was their inevitable and invariable violation of all those agreements.
  • Extravagant patterning camouflages the invariable chill.
  • It may mark the recurrence of a period of increased sun spots, with the invariable accompaniment of increased solar radiation.
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invariable (ɪnˈvɛərɪəbəl)
 
adj
1.  not subject to alteration; unchanging
 
n
2.  a mathematical quantity having an unchanging value; a constant
 
invaria'bility
 
n
 
in'variableness
 
n

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invariable
1607, from in- "not" + variable.
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