constancy

con·stan·cy  (knstn-s)

n.

1. Steadfastness, as in purpose or affection; faithfulness.

2. The condition or quality of being constant; changelessness.

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constancy [ˈkɒnstənsɪ]

n

1. the quality of having a resolute mind, purpose, or affection; steadfastness

2. freedom from change or variation; stability

3. (Psychology) Psychol 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

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Environmental Science) Ecology the frequency of occurrence of a particular species in sample plots from a plant community

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	constancy - the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation; "early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds" stability unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness, changelessness - the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged invariance - the nature of a quantity or property or function that remains unchanged when a given transformation is applied to it; "the invariance of the configuration under translation" metastability - the quality of a physical system that persists in its existing equilibrium when undisturbed (or only slightly disturbed) but able to pass to a more stable equilibrium when sufficiently disturbed monotony - constancy of tone or pitch or inflection changefulness, inconstancy - the quality of being changeable and variable
	2.	constancy - (psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation perceptual constancy perception - the process of perceiving brightness constancy - the tendency for a visual object to be perceived as having the same brightness under widely different conditions of illumination color constancy, colour constancy - the tendency for a color to look the same under widely different viewing conditions shape constancy - the tendency to perceive the shape of a rigid object as constant despite differences in the viewing angle (and consequent differences in the shape of the pattern projected on the retina of the eye) size constancy - the tendency to perceive the veridical size of a familiar object despite differences in their distance (and consequent differences in the size of the pattern projected on the retina of the eye) psychological science, psychology - the science of mental life
	3.	constancy - faithfulness and dependability in personal attachments (especially sexual fidelity) faithfulness, fidelity - the quality of being faithful

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constancy

noun

1. steadiness, stability, regularity, uniformity, perseverance, firmness, permanence, fixedness Climate reflects a basic struggle between constancy and change.

2. faithfulness, loyalty, devotion, fidelity, dependability, trustworthiness, steadfastness Even before they were married, she had worried about his constancy.

Quotations
"But I am constant as the northern star"
"Of whose true-fixed and resting quality"
"There is no fellow in the firmament" [William Shakespeare Julius Caesar]

Translations

constancy [ˈkɒnstənsɪ] N

1. (= regularity) [of temperature etc] → constancia f

2. (= faithfulness) → fidelidad f

constancy [ˈkɒnstənsi] n

(= unchanging quality) → constance f

(= fidelity) [person] → fidélité f

constancy

n

(of support, supporter) → Beständigkeit f, → Konstanz f (liter); (of feelings) → Unveränderlichkeit f, → Unwandelbarkeit f; (of friend, lover) → Treue f; (also constancy of purpose) → Ausdauer f

(of temperature etc) → Beständigkeit f

constancy [ˈkɒnst/ənsɪ] n (of friend, affection) → costanza

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constancy [ˈkɒnst/ənsɪ] n (of friend, affection) → costanza