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INVARIANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The nature of a quantity or property or function that remains unchanged when a given transformation is applied to it
Example:
the invariance of the configuration under translation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("invariance" is a kind of...):
constancy; stability (the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Derivation:
invariant (unaffected by a designated operation or transformation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being resistant to variation
Synonyms:
invariability; invariableness; invariance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("invariance" is a kind of...):
changelessness; unchangeability; unchangeableness; unchangingness (the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "invariance"):
unvariedness (characterized by an absence of variation)
Derivation:
invariant (unvarying in nature)
