Definitions for constants

constants con·stant

Spelling: [kon-stuh nt]
IPA: /ˈkɒn stənt/

Constants is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 236 anagrams from letters in constants (acnnosstt).

Definitions for constants

noun

  1. something that does not or cannot change or vary.
  2. Physics. a number expressing a property, quantity, or relation that remains unchanged under specified conditions.
  3. Mathematics. a quantity assumed to be unchanged throughout a given discussion.
  4. Paul Henri Benjamin Balluat [pawl ahn-ree ban-zha-man ba-lwa] /pɔl ɑ̃ˈri bɛ̃ ʒaˈmɛ̃ baˈlwa/ (Show IPA), Paul d'Estournelles de Constant.
  5. Jean Joseph Benjamin [zhahn zhaw-zef ban-zha-man] /ʒɑ̃ ʒɔˈzɛf bɛ̃ ʒaˈmɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1902, French painter.

adjective

  1. not changing or varying; uniform; regular; invariable:
  2. continuing without pause or letup; unceasing:
  3. regularly recurrent; continual; persistent:
  4. faithful; unswerving in love, devotion, etc.:
  5. steadfast; firm in mind or purpose; resolute.
  6. Obsolete. certain; confident.

Origin of constants

1350-1400; Middle English Latin constant- (stem of constāns, present participle of constāre to stand firm), equivalent to con- con- + stā- stand<

Examples for constants

His constant worship of his wife stands in stark contrast to scandals of the domestic nature in other sports.

The surgeon was in constant attendance, but the malady baffled all his skill.

You have a pretty sexy online persona, what with the constant bikinis.

It was like a constant assault, an almost stupefying catalogue of mindless racial insult and injury.

LOVE them, and show our love by a constant desire and effort to please them.

The courage of this husband and father is a constant reminder of how much some sacrifice for exercising universal rights.

Our pledge to these principles is constant, because we believe in their rightness.

"You must inquire of the stewards or of himself," was the constant reply.

He not only gives out pain — he is in constant, unrelenting pain.

It was a constant surprise to Angelique that she had unbosomed herself at once to Felicien.

Word Value for constants
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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