invariant

1. 1.

   unaffected by a designated operation or transformation

   Similarinvariable

   mathematics

2. 2.

   unvarying in nature

   “maintained a constant temperature”

   “principles of unvarying validity”

   Synonymschangelessconstantunvarying

   Similarinvariable

1. 1.

   a feature (quantity or property or function) that remains unchanged when a particular transformation is applied to it

   Broaderfeature

   mathematics

Other forms of invariant

plural

invariants·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about invariant

What does invariant mean?

invariant means "unaffected by a designated operation or transformation". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in invariant?

invariant has 4 syllables: in-var-i-ant. The stress falls on "var". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈvɛɹiənt/.

What is another word for invariant?

Close synonyms include changeless, constant, unvarying. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is invariant a common word?

invariant is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with invariant?

1 word rhymes with invariant. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.