invariant

English

Etymology

in- +‎ variant

Adjective

invariant (comparative more invariant, superlative most invariant)

1. not varying; constant
2. (mathematics) Unaffected by a specified operation (especially by a transformation)
3. (computing, programming) Neither covariant nor contravariant.

Synonyms

• (not varying): invariable

Derived terms

• class invariant

Related terms

• invariance
• variant
• variegate
• various
• vary

Translations

that does not vary

• Czech: neměnný, konstantní (cs)
• Finnish: muuttumaton (fi)
• German: unveränderlich (de)
• Icelandic: óbreyttur (is)
• Irish: do-athraitheach
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: niezmienny (pl), niezmienny (pl)
• Portuguese: invariante, constante (pt)
• Romanian: constant (ro), invariabil (ro), invariant (ro)
• Swedish: oföränderlig (sv)
• Turkish: değişmez (tr), sabit (tr)

that is not affected by a specified operation

• Czech: invariantní
• Finnish: invariantti (fi)
• French: invariant (fr), invariant (fr) m
• German: invariant (de)
• Icelandic: óbreyttur (is)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: niezmienniczy
• Portuguese: invariante
• Romanian: constant (ro)
• Swedish: invariant (sv)
• Turkish: sabit (tr)´

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Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) French: invariant
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: ^{(please verify)} unveränderlich (de)

Noun

invariant (plural invariants)

1. An invariant quantity, function etc.

Translations

invariant quantity, function etc.

• Czech: invariant m
• Icelandic: óbreyta f
• Polish: niezmiennik m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: invariante m or f
• Romanian: invariant (ro) m or n
• Swedish: invariant (sv)

Derived terms

• coinvariant

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Czech

Noun

1. (mathematics, informatics) invariant

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French

Adjective

invariant (feminine invariante, masculine plural invariants, feminine plural invariantes)

1. invariable

Synonyms

• invariable

Noun

invariant m (plural invariants)

1. (physics, mathematics) invariable

Related terms

• variant

Further reading

• “invariant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.