Word Meanings - INVARIANT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An invariable quantity; specifically, a function of the coefficients of one or more forms, which remains unaltered, when these undergo suitable linear transformations. J. J. Sylvester.

Related words: (words related to INVARIANT)

• UNDERGORE
  To gore underneath.
• SPECIFICALLY
  In a specific manner.
• FUNCTION; FUNCTIONATE
  To execute or perform a function; to transact one's regular or appointed business.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• THESE
  The plural of this. See This.
• LINEARY
  Linear. Holland.
• FUNCTION
  The appropriate action of any special organ or part of an animal or vegetable organism; as, the function of the heart or the limbs; the function of leaves, sap, roots, etc.; life is the sum of the functions of the various organs and parts of the
• QUANTITY
  1. The attribute of being so much, and not more or less; the property of being measurable, or capable of increase and decrease, multiplication and division; greatness; and more concretely, that which answers the question "How much"; measure in
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• UNDERGOWN
  A gown worn under another, or under some other article of dress. An undergown and kirtle of pale sea-green silk. Sir W. Scott.
• UNDERGO
  1. To go or move below or under. 2. To be subjected to; to bear up against; to pass through; to endure; to suffer; to sustain; as, to undergo toil and fatigue; to undergo pain, grief, or anxiety; to undergothe operation of amputation; food in the
• FUNCTIONAL
  Pertaining to the function of an organ or part, or to the functions in general. Functional disease , a disease of which the symptoms cannot be referred to any appreciable lesion or change of structure; the derangement of an organ arising from a
• SUITABLE
  Capable of suiting; fitting; accordant; proper; becoming; agreeable; adapted; as, ornaments suitable to one's station; language suitable for the subject. -- Suit"a*ble*ness, n. -- Suit"a*bly, adv. Syn. -- Proper; fitting; becoming; accordant;
• LINEAR
  Like a line; narrow; of the same breadth throughout, except at the extremities; as, a linear leaf. Linear differential , an equation which is of the first degree, when the expression which is equated to zero is regarded as a function
• FUNCTIONARY
  One charged with the performance of a function or office; as, a public functionary; secular functionaries.
• INVARIABLE
  An invariable quantity; a constant.
• FUNCTIONLESS
  Destitute of function, or of an appropriate organ. Darwin.
• LINEARENSATE
  Having the form of a sword, but very long and narrow.
• LINEARLY
  In a linear manner; with lines.
• UNDERGOD
  A lower or inferio
• RECTILINEAL; RECTILINEAR
  Straight; consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure or course. -- Rec`ti*lin"e*al*ly, adv. -- Rec`ti*lin"e*ar*ly, adv.
• RECTILINEARITY
  The quality or state of being rectilinear. Coleridge.
• DEFUNCTION
  Death. After defunction of King Pharamond. Shak.
• CURVILINEARITY
  The state of being curvilinear or of being bounded by curved lines.
• DISQUANTITY
  To diminish the quantity of; to lessen. Shak.
• TRILINEAR
  Of, pertaining to, or included by, three lines; as, trilinear coördinates.
• OUTLINEAR
  Of or pertaining to an outline; being in, or forming, an outline. Trench.