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Meaning of "constancy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CONSTANCY

constancy  [ˈkɒnstənsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONSTANCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Constancy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CONSTANCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Constancy

Constancy may refer to: ▪ Consistency ▪ Permanence ▪ Immutability, as an theological attribute...

Definition of constancy in the English dictionary

The first definition of constancy in the dictionary is the quality of having a resolute mind, purpose, or affection; steadfastness. Other definition of constancy is freedom from change or variation; stability. Constancy is also the perceptual phenomenon in which attributes of an object appear to remain the same in a variety of different presentations, e.g., a given object looks roughly the same size regardless of its distance from the observer.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONSTANCY


accountancy
əˈkaʊntənsɪ
captaincy
ˈkæptənsɪ
chieftaincy
ˈtʃiːftənsɪ
competency
ˈkɒmpɪtənsɪ
consistency
kənˈsɪstənsɪ
consultancy
kənˈsʌltənsɪ
expectancy
ɪkˈspɛktənsɪ
hesitancy
ˈhɛzɪtənsɪ
inconsistency
ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənsɪ
inconstancy
ɪnˈkɒnstənsɪ
inexistency
ˌɪnɪɡˈzɪstənsɪ
insistency
ɪnˈsɪstənsɪ
instancy
ˈɪnstənsɪ
intermittency
ˌɪntəˈmɪtənsɪ
irritancy
ˈɪrɪtənsɪ
latency
ˈleɪtənsɪ
militancy
ˈmɪlɪtənsɪ
patency
ˈpeɪtənsɪ
persistency
pəˈsɪstənsɪ
potency
ˈpəʊtənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONSTANCY

const.
constable
constableship
constablewick
constabularies
constabulary
Constance
constant
constantan
Constantia
Constantine
Constantine I
Constantine II
Constantine VII
Constantine XI
Constantinople
constantly
constatation
constate
constative

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONSTANCY

adjutancy
attractancy
blatancy
concubitancy
dilatancy
dubitancy
excitancy
executancy
exorbitancy
fancy
financial accountancy
importancy
incogitancy
inexpectancy
inhabitancy
latitancy
life expectancy
management consultancy
precipitancy
reluctancy
transmittancy

Synonyms and antonyms of constancy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CONSTANCY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «constancy» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of constancy

Translation of «constancy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONSTANCY

Find out the translation of constancy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of constancy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «constancy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

恒常
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

constancia
570 millions of speakers

English

constancy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भक्ति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الثبات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

постоянство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

constância
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দৃঢ়তা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

constance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesabaran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Konstanz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

恒常性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불변성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mantep
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tánh kiên nhẩn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சீரான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्थिरता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sabitlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

costanza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stałość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сталість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

constanță
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σταθερότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

konstantheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

konstans
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

standhaftighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of constancy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONSTANCY»

The term «constancy» is regularly used and occupies the 56.229 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONSTANCY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «constancy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «constancy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about constancy

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10 QUOTES WITH «CONSTANCY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word constancy.
1
Isaac Barrow
That in affairs of very considerable importance men should deal with one another with satisfaction of mind, and mutual confidence, they must receive competent assurances concerning the integrity, fidelity, and constancy each of other.
2
Maria Bello
I was always anti-marriage. I didn't understand monogamy. I couldn't figure out how that could last. And then I met Bryn and I started to understand the beauty of constancy and history and change and going on the roller coaster with someone - of having a partner in life.
3
Richard Nelson Bolles
I have always argued that change becomes stressful and overwhelming only when you've lost any sense of the constancy of your life. You need firm ground to stand on. From there, you can deal with that change.
4
Thomas Browne
Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good.
5
Sarah Fielding
I fancied I had some constancy of mind because I could bear my own sufferings, but found through the sufferings of others I could be weakened like a child.
6
Julian Lennon
I've found constancy and balance between creativity and normality.
7
Giuseppe Mazzini
Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues.
8
Federica Montseny
Our constancy, same might call it our madness, was necessary to wear down the oppressive forces of the old democracy which, in Spain, was a hundred years behind the times.
9
Dan Savage
Children have a right to some stability and constancy from the adults in their lives.
10
Charles de Secondat
In bodies moved, the motion is received, increased, diminished, or lost, according to the relations of the quantity of matter and velocity; each diversity is uniformity, each change is constancy.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONSTANCY»

Discover the use of constancy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to constancy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Perceptual Constancy: Why Things Look as They Do
This book brings together experts from several diverse fields to present state of the art accounts of how the visual world enters two small holes in our heads and is reconstructed to give us the rich impressions of color, movement, and ...
Vincent Walsh, Janusz Kulikowski, 1998
2
Color Constancy
A human observer is able to recognize the color of objects irrespective of the light used to illuminate them. This is called color constancy.
Marc Ebner, 2007
3
How Teachers Taught: Constancy and Change in American ...
In this edition, Cuban returns to his inquiry into the history of teaching practice in the US, responds to criticisms, and incorporates the scholarship of the last decade.
Larry Cuban, 1993
4
Constancy and Change in Human Development
These are questions which touch our deepest political and personal concerns; and they have long been a matter of fierce debate in the behavioral sciences.
Orville Gilbert Brim, Jerome Kagan, 1980
5
Visual Experience: Sensation, Cognition, and Constancy
This interdisciplinary book is invaluable for both vision scientists and philosophers of mind.
Gary Hatfield, Sarah Allred, 2012
6
The Admirable Bashville; or, Constancy Unrewarded
"The Fascinating Foundling" is the story of how a lawyer and his aide unwittingly help two very picky people, when it comes to dating, find each other. Also contained in this volume is "The Glimpse of Reality".
George Bernard Shaw
7
Facing Up to the Constancy of Organizational Change: Further ...
'Change' has become a buzzword in the daily press; it seems to be omnipresent in the minds of consultants and other practitioners. Unfortunately, the results from costly change efforts fall too often behind expectations.
Doris Fay, Harald Lührmann, 2004
8
Revisiting Waldo's Administrative State: Constancy and ...
This book can stand alone as a commentary on reconciling democratic values and governance today or as a companion when reading Waldo's classic volume.
David H. Rosenbloom, Howard E. McCurdy, 2006
9
A Probabilistic Approach to Color Constancy Using Higher ...
To test our algorithm, we (1) automatically generated a large number of color image composites with varying backgrounds constructed from the images of 100 real objects photographed under 5 different illuminants, and (2) ran a color ...
Eric Ortega, 2006
10
The Speed of Light: Constancy and Cosmos
To measure the speed of light is to measure something about the way we are measured or blended into the cosmos, and that universal blending predetermines our measurement of light speed in favor of a universal or constant value.
David A. Grandy, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONSTANCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term constancy is used in the context of the following news items.
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For Mayfair bakery, 85 years of constancy, confections
Jocelyn Wilson, left, smiles as she waits on longtime customer, Harry Beam, right, as Haegele's Bakery celebrates 85 years of business in the ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
2
EDWARD HAMBERGER: Repeating a mistake by reregulating U.S. …
One constancy over numerous sessions of Congress and multiple presidential administrations has been the view that the global superiority of ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»
3
Artists Space Mounts Massive Tom of Finland Retrospective (NSFW)
Against that backdrop, the constancy of Tom's images was ballast, their joyousness an escape from shame. Like Rockwell's renditions of happy ... «Village Voice, Jul 15»
4
Waynesboro mother-son duo blazed paths for the disabled
The constancy of swimming, at least, has been good for their lives. In the family's comfortable home, a wall in Ingold's room displays his medals ... «Staunton News Leader, Jul 15»
5
4 Key Parenting Lessons I Learned From My Unusual Childhood
There was something about his constancy that was deeply comforting. Just as his trust helped me to trust myself, his steadfast love gave me ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
6
55000 Furlongs to the Finish Midyear Reflections from the 2015 …
She handles all comers and with a timeless constancy that hasn't been replicated anywhere else in the filly and mare division this year. «Horse Racing Nation, Jul 15»
7
Correlation between fragility and cooperativity in segmental …
This constancy may indicate that the phenyl–phenyl correlation is not perturbed significantly by the substituent even for -Br group. For PtBS ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
8
2015 Subaru Forester Review 2.0DL diesel CVT
... kind of adventurous weekend driving to a tee, though the aggressive ESC system could use a tweak to stop cutting in with such constancy. «CarAdvice, Jul 15»
9
How “Back to the Future” Helped Make Me a Feminist
But part of the movie's conceit is Marty's constancy in a constantly changing universe, the fact that he doesn't really change at all. Marty arrived ... «The New Republic, Jul 15»
10
AMD issues updated statement on Fury X noise problems
The constancy of this sound is one of the problems. It may not seem like much at first, but over time, the frustration factor builds. Turning off the ... «The Tech Report, LLC, Jul 15»

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