adjective
- not changing or able to be changed; remaining constant
noun
- a quantity or property that remains unchanged under specified mathematical or physical transformations
Usage: mathematics; physics
Examples
- The speed of light is invariant in all reference frames.
- These mathematical properties remain invariant under rotation.
- The company’s core values have stayed invariant despite many changes.
- In physics, certain quantities are invariant under coordinate transformations.
- The algorithm identifies invariant features in the data.
- Mass-energy is an invariant in Einstein’s theory of relativity.