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con⋅stant

  [kon-stuhnt]
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–adjective
1. not changing or varying; uniform; regular; invariable: All conditions during the three experiments were constant.
2. continuing without pause or letup; unceasing: constant noise.
3. regularly recurrent; continual; persistent: He found it impossible to work with constant interruption.
4. faithful; unswerving in love, devotion, etc.: a constant lover.
5. steadfast; firm in mind or purpose; resolute.
6. Obsolete. certain; confident.
–noun
7. something that does not or cannot change or vary.
8. Physics. a number expressing a property, quantity, or relation that remains unchanged under specified conditions.
9. Mathematics. a quantity assumed to be unchanged throughout a given discussion.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L constant- (s. of constāns, prp. of constāre to stand firm), equiv. to con- con- + stā- stand + -nt- prp. suffix

Related forms:
con⋅stant⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. unchanging, immutable, permanent. 2. perpetual, unremitting, uninterrupted. 3. incessant, ceaseless. 4. loyal, staunch, true. See faithful. 5. steady, unwavering, unswerving.

Antonyms:
1. changeable. 2. fitful. 3. sporadic. 4. unreliable. 5. wavering.
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con·stant   (kŏn'stənt)   
adj.  
  1. Continually occurring; persistent.
  2. Regularly recurring: plagued by constant interruptions.
  3. Unchanging in nature, value, or extent; invariable. See Synonyms at continual.
  4. Steadfast in purpose, loyalty, or affection; faithful. See Synonyms at faithful.
n.  
  1. Something that is unchanging or invariable.
    1. A quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context.
    2. An experimental or theoretical condition, factor, or quantity that does not vary or that is regarded as invariant in specified circumstances.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cōnstāns, cōnstant-, present participle of cōnstāre, to stand firm : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + stāre, to stand; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
con'stant·ly adv.
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Constantly

Con"stant*ly\, adv. With constancy; steadily; continually; perseveringly; without cessation; uniformly.

But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. --Acts. xii. 15.
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