Constant definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CONSTANT, a. [L.] 1. Fixed; firm; opposed to fluid. To turn two fluid liquors into a constant body. [In this sense, not used.] 2. Fixed; not varied ... immutable. The worlds a scene of changes, and to be constant, in nature were inconstancy. 3. Fixed or firm in mind, purpose, affection or principle; unshaken; unmoved; as a constant friend or lover. 4. Certain; steady; firmly adherent; with to; as a man constant to his purpose, or to his duties. WordNet (r) ...
Gravitation constant definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Constant Con"stant, n. 1. (Astron.) A number whose value, when ... substance or of an instrument of precision; as, the dielectric constant of quartz; the collimation constant of a transit instrument. Aberration constant, or Constant of aberration (Astron.), a number which by substitution in ...
Constant of integration definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Constant Con"stant, n. 1. (Astron.) A number whose value, when ... substance or of an instrument of precision; as, the dielectric constant of quartz; the collimation constant of a transit instrument. Aberration constant, or Constant of aberration (Astron.), a number which by substitution in ...
Constant of aberration definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Constant Con"stant, n. 1. (Astron.) A number whose value, when ... substance or of an instrument of precision; as, the dielectric constant of quartz; the collimation constant of a transit instrument. Aberration constant, or Constant of aberration (Astron.), a number which by substitution in ...
solar constant definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the rate ... of 1370 watts per square meter Webster's 1913 Dictionary Constant Con"stant, n. 1. (Astron.) A number whose value, when ... substance or of an instrument of precision; as, the dielectric constant of quartz; the collimation constant of a transit instrument. Aberration constant, or Constant of aberration (Astron.), a number which by substitution in ...
Aberration constant definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Constant Con"stant, n. 1. (Astron.) A number whose value, when ... substance or of an instrument of precision; as, the dielectric constant of quartz; the collimation constant of a transit instrument. Aberration constant, or Constant of aberration (Astron.), a number which by substitution in ...
Hubble's constant definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: (cosmology) the ... the universe) to its distance from the observer; the Hubble constant is not actually a constant, but is regarded as measuring the expansion rate today [syn: Hubble's constant, Hubble constant, Hubble's parameter, Hubble parameter] Britannica Concise Constant used to relate the velocities of remote galaxies to ...
Planck's constant definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the constant of proportionality relating the energy of a photon to its ... 6.626 x 10^-34 joule-second [syn: Planck's constant, h] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Max K. E. L. Planck Date: 1910 a constant that gives the unvarying ratio of the energy of a ... J•s — symbol h Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (also Planck constant) a fundamental constant, equal to the energy of quanta of electromagnetic radiation ...
Arbitrary constant definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Arbitrary Ar"bi*tra*ry ... unforbearing; tyrannical; as, an arbitrary prince or government. --Dryden. Arbitrary constant, Arbitrary function (Math.), a quantity of function that is introduced ... value can be assigned at pleasure. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Constant Con"stant, n. 1. That which is not subject to ... not change its value; -- used in countradistinction to variable. Absolute constant (Math.), one whose value is absolutely the same under all circumstances, as the number 10, or any numeral. Arbitrary constant, an undetermined constant in a differential equation having the same value during ...
gravitational constant definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation [syn: gravitational constant, universal gravitational constant, constant of gravitation, G]
Absolute constant definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Constant Con"stant, n. 1. That which is not subject to ... not change its value; -- used in countradistinction to variable. Absolute constant (Math.), one whose value is absolutely the same under all circumstances, as the number 10, or any numeral. Arbitrary constant, an undetermined constant in a differential equation having the same value during all ...
constant of gravitation definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation [syn: gravitational constant, universal gravitational constant, constant of gravitation, G]
Hubble constant definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: (cosmology) the ... the universe) to its distance from the observer; the Hubble constant is not actually a constant, but is regarded as measuring the expansion rate today [syn: Hubble's constant, Hubble constant, Hubble's parameter, Hubble parameter]
universal gravitational constant definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation [syn: gravitational constant, universal gravitational constant, constant of gravitation, G]
universal gas constant definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: (physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature ... to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole [syn: gas constant, universal gas constant, R]