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constant
Updated on 04/19/2018
n.
in mathematics, a fixed quantity that remains unchanged during a specified operation or series of operations. For example, the element
a
in the
regression equation
y
=
a
+
bx
+
e
is a constant. Compare
variable
.
adj.
unvarying or continual.
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