constant

Academic Word List, sublist 3.

About 65.27 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Unchanged through time or space; permanent.
2. adjective Consistently recurring over time; persistent.
3. adjective Steady in purpose, action, feeling, etc.
4. adjective Firm; solid; not fluid.
5. adjective Consistent; logical.
6. adjective Bounded above by a constant.

   constant time constant space

7. noun That which is permanent or invariable.
8. noun A quantity that remains at a fixed value throughout a given discussion or operation.

Similar words

incessant invariant unceasing never-ending continuous uninterrupted invariable ceaseless unvarying unremitting

Often followed by

and of in for pressure temperature is at rate

Word family

constancy constantly constants