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constancy
(encz) | constancy,loajalita n: Zdeněk Brož |
constancy
(encz) | constancy,neměnnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
constancy
(encz) | constancy,stálost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Constancy
(gcide) | Constancy \Con"stan*cy\, n. [L. constantia: cf. F. constance.
See Constant.]
1. The state or quality of being constant or steadfast;
freedom from change; stability; fixedness; immutability;
as, the constancy of God in his nature and attributes.
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2. Fixedness or firmness of mind; persevering resolution;
especially, firmness of mind under sufferings, steadiness
in attachments, or perseverance in enterprise; stability;
fidelity.
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A fellow of plain uncoined constancy. --Shak.
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Constancy and contempt of danger. --Prescott.
Syn: Fixedness; stability; firmness; steadiness; permanence;
steadfastness; resolution. See Firmness.
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constancy
(wn) | constancy
n 1: the quality of being enduring and free from change or
variation; "early mariners relied on the constancy of the
trade winds" [syn: constancy, stability] [ant:
changefulness, inconstancy]
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 [syn:
constancy, perceptual constancy]
3: faithfulness and dependability in personal attachments
(especially sexual fidelity) |
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color constancy
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colour constancy
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inconstancy
(encz) | inconstancy,nestálost n: Zdeněk Brožinconstancy,proměnlivost n: Zdeněk Brož |
shape constancy
(encz) | shape constancy, n: |
size constancy
(encz) | size constancy, n: |
Constancy
(gcide) | Constancy \Con"stan*cy\, n. [L. constantia: cf. F. constance.
See Constant.]
1. The state or quality of being constant or steadfast;
freedom from change; stability; fixedness; immutability;
as, the constancy of God in his nature and attributes.
[1913 Webster]
2. Fixedness or firmness of mind; persevering resolution;
especially, firmness of mind under sufferings, steadiness
in attachments, or perseverance in enterprise; stability;
fidelity.
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A fellow of plain uncoined constancy. --Shak.
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Constancy and contempt of danger. --Prescott.
Syn: Fixedness; stability; firmness; steadiness; permanence;
steadfastness; resolution. See Firmness.
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Inconstancy
(gcide) | Inconstancy \In*con"stan*cy\, n. [L. inconstantia.]
The quality or state of being inconstant; lack of constancy;
mutability; fickleness; variableness.
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For unto knight there was no greater shame,
Than lightness and inconstancie in love. --Spenser.
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Unconstancy
(gcide) | Unconstancy \Un*con"stan*cy\, n.
Inconstancy. [Obs.] "The unconstancy of the foundation."
--Fuller.
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brightness constancy
(wn) | brightness constancy
n 1: the tendency for a visual object to be perceived as having
the same brightness under widely different conditions of
illumination |
color constancy
(wn) | color constancy
n 1: the tendency for a color to look the same under widely
different viewing conditions [syn: color constancy,
colour constancy] |
colour constancy
(wn) | colour constancy
n 1: the tendency for a color to look the same under widely
different viewing conditions [syn: color constancy,
colour constancy] |
inconstancy
(wn) | inconstancy
n 1: unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
[syn: faithlessness, falseness, fickleness,
inconstancy]
2: the quality of being changeable and variable [syn:
inconstancy, changefulness] [ant: constancy,
stability] |
perceptual constancy
(wn) | perceptual constancy
n 1: (psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give
rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of
wide variations in the conditions of observation [syn:
constancy, perceptual constancy] |
shape constancy
(wn) | shape constancy
n 1: 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
(wn) | size constancy
n 1: 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) |
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