constancy — قاموس الإنجليزية

اسم

1. The quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc.

   الاستعمال

   • غير معدود
   • usually

   أمثلة

   A little Water cleares vs of this deed. How eaſie is it then? your Conſtancie Hath left you vnattended.

   Punctuality is a species of Constancy, a very unfashionable quality in a Lady.

   أمثلة إضافية (3)

   And, I do not know that I should be fond of preaching often; now and then, perhaps, once or twice in the spring, after being anxiously expected for half a dozen Sundays together; but not for a constancy; it would not do for a constancy.

   Constancy of character is what is chiefly valued and sought for by naturalists.

   The overall retention rate of 68 per cent indicates a robust constancy of the linguistic features investigated.

2. An unchanging quality or characteristic of a person or thing.

   الاستعمال

   • معدود
   • usually

   أمثلة

   […] yonger ſpirits, […] whoſe conſtancies Expire before their faſhions: […]

اسم

1. the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation

   مرادفات

   stability

   الأضداد

   inconstancy

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   changelessnessunchangeabilityunchangeablenessunchangingness

   أمثلة

   early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds

2. (psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation

   مرادفات

   perceptual constancy

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   perception

3. faithfulness and dependability in personal attachments (especially sexual fidelity)

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   fidelityfaithfulness