invariant

adjective

(ˌ)in-ˈver-ē-ənt How to pronounce invariant (audio)
Definition of invariantnext
as in unchanging
not varying an invariant value

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Recent Examples of invariant This development follows a generally invariant sequence validated across cultures. — Aurelien Mangano, Forbes.com, 6 Feb. 2026 To build the therapy, researchers took human stem cells and turned them into a special type of immune cell called an invariant natural killer T cell (NKT cell). — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 1 Dec. 2025 But interestingly, quantum mechanics is often assumed to be invariant under time reversal. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 4 June 2025 The spectrum of initial density fluctuations should be almost, but not perfectly, scale-invariant, and instead will be just a few percent larger on large cosmic scales than small ones. — Big Think, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for invariant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invariant
  1. unchanging
  2. steady
  3. unchangeable
  4. uniform
Adjective
  • Of recognizing the Sisyphean task ahead, the endless, unchanging road diminishing in the distance, and taking another step anyway.
    — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The former Hartford mayor hewed to a simple, unchanging message.
    — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of unchanging
Adjective
  • American gasoline prices have risen about 38 percent over the course of the war, but the country’s economic growth rate remains steady.
    — JAMES F. JEFFREY, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2026
  • In recent years, Steinem had expanded her community in New York, hosting a steady stream of gatherings of women in her living room.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of steady
Adjective
  • Think of it as giving a huge group of devices the same unchangeable password.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
  • An organization that has seen its problem and defined it as unchangeable has pre-agreed that the one thing that would work is the one thing that cannot be done.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of unchangeable
Adjective
  • One was to Jamestown, Virginia, to help with an archeological dig from the American Revolution, even discovering a uniform button from a French regiment on the last day.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The cyberpunk author was suggesting that our world encompasses multiple temporalities, the experience of which is not uniform; for Cao, this might take the form of a shamanic belief persisting in a hypermodern setting.
    — Pablo Larios, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of uniform

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“Invariant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invariant. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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