INVARIANCE

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Meaning:

The nature of a quantity or property or function that remains unchanged when a given transformation is applied to it

Example:

the invariance of the configuration under translation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("invariance" is a kind of...):

constancy; stability (the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Derivation:

invariant (unaffected by a designated operation or transformation)

Meaning:

The quality of being resistant to variation

Synonyms:

invariability; invariableness; invariance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("invariance" is a kind of...):

changelessness; unchangeability; unchangeableness; unchangingness (the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "invariance"):

unvariedness (characterized by an absence of variation)

Derivation:

invariant (unvarying in nature)