We found 3 definitions of constancies from 2 different sources.
NounPlural: constancies |
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constancy - the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation; "early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds" | ||
stability | ||
changefulness, inconstancy the quality of being changeable and variable | ||
constant steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection; "a man constant in adherence to his ideals"; "a constant lover"; "constant as the northern star" | ||
inconstant likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable; "inconstant affections"; "an inconstant lover"; "swear not by...the inconstant moon"- Shakespeare | ||
unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness, changelessness the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged | ||
invariance the nature of a quantity or property or function that remains unchanged when a given transformation is applied to it; "the invariance of the configuration under translation" | ||
metastability the quality of a physical system that persists in its existing equilibrium when undisturbed (or only slightly disturbed) but able to pass to a more stable equilibrium when sufficiently disturbed | ||
constancy - (psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation | ||
perceptual constancy | ||
perception the process of perceiving | ||
psychological science, psychology the science of mental life | ||
brightness constancy the tendency for a visual object to be perceived as having the same brightness under widely different conditions of illumination | ||
color constancy, colour constancy the tendency for a color to look the same under widely different viewing conditions | ||
shape constancy 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) | ||
constancy - faithfulness and dependability in personal attachments (especially sexual fidelity) | ||
faithfulness, fidelity accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal |