constante
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See also: Constante
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French constante.
Pronunciation
Noun
constante f (plural constanten)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: konstanta
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃s.tɑ̃t/
Audio (file) - Homophone: constantes
Adjective
constante
Noun
constante f (plural constantes)
- (algebra) constant (quantity that remains at a fixed value throughout a given discussion)
- Coordinate term: variable
Derived terms
Further reading
- “constante”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Anagrams
Galician
Pronunciation
Adjective
constante m or f (plural constantes)
- constant
- Antonym: inconstante
Further reading
- “constante” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Italian
Participle
constante (plural constanti)
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
cōnstante
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese constante, from Latin cōnstantem, present active participle of cōnstō (“to stand together”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: cons‧tan‧te
Noun
constante f (plural constantes)
- constant (that which is permanent or invariable)
- Synonym: constância
- Antonym: variável
- (algebra) constant (quantity that remains fixed)
- (sciences) constant (property that does not change)
- (programming) constant (identifier that is bound to an invariant value)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:constante.
Derived terms
- constante de Avogadro
- constante de desintegração
- constante de dissociação
- constante de equilíbrio
- constante de Faraday
- constante de força
- constante de gravitação
- constante de Hubble
- constante de Planck
- constante de proporcionalidade
- constante dielétrica
- constante dos gases perfeitos
- constante radioativa
- constante solar
Adjective
constante m or f (plural constantes)
- constant (unchanged through time or space)
- Synonym: imutável
- constant (consistently recurring over time)
- Synonyms: frequente, contínuo, incessante, ininterrupto, perene
- constant (steady in purpose, action)
- which is included somewhere on in something
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:constante.
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “that which is permanent or invariable”): variável
- (antonym(s) of “consistently recurring over time”): descontínuo, inconstante, intermitente
Related terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
Adjective
constante m or f (masculine and feminine plural constantes)
- constant
- Antonym: inconstante
Derived terms
Noun
constante f (plural constantes)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “constante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014