How to Use invariant in a Sentence

invariant

adjective
Definition of invariantnext
Synonyms for invariantnext
  • For example, has the advantage to height been invariant at all times and places?
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2011
  • So far, the Conway knot has fallen in the blind spot of every invariant mathematicians have come up with to study sliceness.
    — Quanta Magazine, 2 June 2020
  • Both theories were scale invariant, meaning the physics of the systems the theories described didn't change as the systems got larger or smaller.
    — Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2023
  • According to Einstein, time isn’t a rigid, invariant backdrop.
    — Eoin O'Carroll, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Mar. 2021
  • That's due to another symmetry -- the laws of physics are invariant under translations (changes of position).
    — Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 22 Nov. 2012
  • The whole quantum formalism of a single bit, is invariant under 3 dimensional rotations.
    — Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2011
  • The new work also raises hopes that mathematicians might be closing in on an even more ambitious result: proving that these physical models are conformally invariant.
    — Allison Whitten, Wired, 11 July 2021
  • Topology concerns global, invariant properties of such spaces that can’t be changed by local deformations.
    — Quanta Magazine, 3 Jan. 2018
  • There is no obvious reason why this particular bundle is either optimal or invariant.
    — David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • Those proofs are invariant across individuals and subcultures.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2013
  • Scientists and philosophers began to seek objectivity in structures, the invariant relationships between things.
    — Hari Kunzru, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022
  • Scientists often describe symmetries as changes that don’t really change anything, differences that don’t make a difference, variations that leave deep relationships invariant.
    — K. C. Cole, WIRED, 14 July 2019
  • Einstein’s 1905 papers on relativity led to the unmistakable conclusion, for example, that the relationship between energy and mass is invariant, even though energy and mass themselves can take vastly different forms.
    — Wired, 14 July 2019
  • In 2006 Watanabe successfully reformulated Kontsevich’s invariant to apply to Smale’s conjecture.
    — Quanta Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'invariant.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: