Invariable
[ɪn'veərɪəb(ə)l] or [ɪn'vɛrərɪəbl]
Definition
(adj.) not liable to or capable of change; 'an invariable temperature'; 'an invariable rule'; 'his invariable courtesy' .
Checked by Delores--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not given to variation or change; unalterable; unchangeable; always uniform.
(n.) An invariable quantity; a constant.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unchangeable, immutable, unalterable, constant.
Typist: Miguel
Definition
adj. not variable: without variation or change: unalterable: constantly in the same state.—ns. Invā′riableness Invariabil′ity the quality of being invariable or unchangeable.—adv. Invā′riably.
Typist: Ronald
Examples
- Our invariable custom,' replied Mr. Wardle. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In the payment of such a note, gold would appear to be more invariable in its value than silver. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- At school when the teacher asked us whether we had studied the lesson, the invariable answer was Yes. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Far purer, he replied, is the being of that which is concerned with the invariable. Plato. The Republic.
- So accustomed was I to his invariable success that the very possibility of his failing had ceased to enter into my head. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Even now her self-command is invariable. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Mr Riah is bound to observe the invariable forms for such cases made and provided,' said Lammle. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The invariable and immortal has a more real existence than the variable and mortal, and has a corresponding measure of knowledge and truth. Plato. The Republic.
- A third species of dynamo is the pulsatory, in which the current flow is invariable in direction, but proceeds in waves. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Silver would appear to be more invariable in its value than gold. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Having gone thus far, the two old gentlemen severally took snuff, and afterwards shook hands, according to their invariable custom. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- But there is no impression constant and invariable. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- And does the essence of the invariable partake of knowledge in the same degree as of essence? Plato. The Republic.
- They had an invariable topic, in their art. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I have come to this conclusion from finding it an invariable rule that when a flower is fertilised by the wind it never has a gaily-coloured corolla. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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