Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being invariable; constancy of state, condition, or quality; immutability; unchangeableness.
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- noun The state of being
invariable ;constancy of state, condition, or quality;immutability ;unchangeableness .
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- noun the quality of being resistant to variation
Etymologies
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Examples
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The universal idea possesses a fixity and invariableness of nature, whilst the sensuous image changes from moment to moment.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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The idea of causality, which implies the universal necessity of causation, cannot be educed from experience, since necessity (as opposed to mere invariableness) cannot be known by experience; it is therefore an original principle in the mind.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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The reconciliation of the apparently contradictory facts of the invariableness of the object and the variableness of its appearance is only possible in a space of three dimensions, in which, owing to perspective distortions and changes, these variations of projection can be reconciled with the consistency of the form of a body.
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The problem is thus set to the child's understanding: how to reconcile to his comprehension the apparently contradictory facts of the _invariableness_ of the object together with the _variableness_ of its appearance.
Four-Dimensional Vistas Claude Fayette Bragdon 1906
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We do not fritter away the theology [1089] in a divided plurality, because one Form, so to say, united [1090] in the invariableness of the Godhead, is beheld in God the Father, and in God the Only begotten.
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Venus, on the other hand, presents an unparalleled instance of invariableness and uniformity.
Other Worlds Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries 1890
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Seest thou the invariableness [611] in the Trinity?
NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians Editor 1889
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The actual miracle of the Universe is the invariableness of Law.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists Elbert Hubbard 1885
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In the training of animals and the education of children it is the perfection, inevitableness, invariableness, and relentlessness of routine which tells.
Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals William Graham Sumner 1875
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The whole power of spoken language is vested in the invariableness with which certain symbols are associated with certain ideas.
Essays on Life, Art and Science Samuel Butler 1868
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