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invariant

invariant adjective: not varying; constant. Also the ellipsis of class invariant.

Adjective

invariant (comparative more invariant, superlative most invariant)

  1. Not varying; constant.
    Synonyms:
    invariable
  2. Unaffected by a specified operation, especially by a transformation.
    • The fundamental 2-tensor also leads to a new class of invariant linear differential operators that are canonically associated to these geometries; included is a third equation studied by Gallot et al. We apply the results to study the metrisability equation, in the nullity setting described.2015, A. Rod Gover, Vladimir S. Matveev, “Projectively related metrics, Weyl nullity, and metric projectively invariant equations”, in arXiv
  3. Neither covariant nor contravariant.

Noun

invariant (plural invariants)

  1. An invariant quantity, function etc.
    • In the present paper this criterion is reformulated in terms of pseudotensorial invariants of the form..2015, Ruslan Sharipov, “On positive bivariate quartic forms”, in arXiv

Also used as

invariant is also the ellipsis of class invariant.

invariant meaning in Hindi and Marathi

invariant in Hindi

that is not affected by a specified operation
निश्चर niścar

invariant in Marathi

अपरिवर्तनशील

Examples of invariant in a sentence

  • I had to include the GNU Manifesto, as it was part of an invariant section.
  • Poincaré proved that Betti numbers are invariants and used them to extend Euler's polyhedral formula to higher dimensional spaces.
  • In this case, therefore, the linearoid system of invariant differential equations is merely the linearoid transform of a linear system.

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Synonyms of invariant

Forms of invariant

Adjective
comparativemore invariant
superlativemost invariant
Noun
pluralinvariants

Origin of invariant

From in- + variant.

Words formed from invariant

Phrases with invariant

Questions about invariant

What does invariant mean?
Invariant means not varying; constant.
What is invariant in Hindi?
Invariant in Hindi is निश्चर (niścar). See Invariant meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is invariant?
Invariant can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near invariant in the dictionary

  1. invariably
  2. invariance
  3. invariances
  4. invariancies
  5. invariancy
  6. invariant
  7. invariant noun
  8. invariant nouns
  9. invariant section
  10. invariant sections
  11. invariant theory

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