Толковый словарь английского языка - constant

I. adjective see: stand Date: 14th century marked by firm steadfast resolution or faithfulness ; exhibiting constancy of mind or attachment , invariable, uniform , continually occurring or recurring ; regular , see: faithful ~ly adverb II. noun Date: 1832 something invariable or unchanging: as, a number that has a fixed value in a given situation or universally or that is characteristic of some substance or instrument, a number that is assumed not to change value in a given mathematical discussion, a term in logic with a fixed designation