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Con·stant    Audio Help   [kawn-stahn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Paul Hen·ri Ben·ja·min Bal·luat    Audio Help   [pawl ahn-ree ban-zha-man ba-lwa] Pronunciation Key. Estournelles de Constant, Paul.
2.Jean Jo·seph Ben·ja·min    Audio Help   [zhahn zhaw-zef ban-zha-man] Pronunciation Key, 1845–1902, French painter.
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con·stant    Audio Help   [kon-stuhnt] Pronunciation Key
–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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Main Entry:  constant
Part of Speech:  adjective
Synonyms:  abiding, certain, chronic, confident, continent, continual, continuous, dependable, durable, endless, enduring, eternal, even, everlasting, faithful, firm, fixed, forever, habitual, immutable, incessant, invariable, inveterate, lasting, loyal, nonstop, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persevering, persistent, regular, relentless, resolute, solid, stable, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, steady, true, unceasing, unchanging, unfading, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging, uniform, uninterrupted, unremitting, unswerving, untiring, unvarying, unwavering, stanch, sustained, undeviating, unregenerate, unshaken
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Main Entry:  constant
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  parameter
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Main Entry:  consistent
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Remaining continually unchanged.
Synonyms:  changeless, invariable, same, unchanging, unfailing
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Benjamin Constant, Paul Henri: see Estournelles de Constant. 
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