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the constancy of the Earth's rotation
the mistaken notion that there is constancy in language—words do indeed change their meanings over time
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In the 1940s scientists realized this cosmic constancy could be used to measure time without the chaotic noise associated with other physical clocks.
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Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2024
Our second table has a higher hurdle for constancy of growth: All these land in the top decile of the universe in predictability of the earnings progression.
—William Baldwin, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
With this new distance dependence from quantum loops lodged within the coupling constant, these quantities lost their constancy.
—Stanley J. Brodsky, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
To a stunning degree, the Trump administration has diminished the sense of U.S. constancy that has been indispensable to the postwar liberal order.
—Eliot A. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2018
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Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2024
Our second table has a higher hurdle for constancy of growth: All these land in the top decile of the universe in predictability of the earnings progression.
—William Baldwin, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
With this new distance dependence from quantum loops lodged within the coupling constant, these quantities lost their constancy.
—Stanley J. Brodsky, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
To a stunning degree, the Trump administration has diminished the sense of U.S. constancy that has been indispensable to the postwar liberal order.
—Eliot A. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2018
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“Constancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/constancy. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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constancy
noun
con·stan·cy
ˈkän(t)-stən-sē 
plural constancies
1
: firmness and loyalty in one's beliefs or personal relationships
2
: freedom from change
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