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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the quality of being resistant to variation;
[syn: invariability, invariableness, invariance]

2. the nature of a quantity or property or function that remains unchanged when a given transformation is applied to it;
- Example: "the invariance of the configuration under translation"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Invariance \In*va"ri*ance\, n. (Math.) The property of remaining invariable under prescribed or implied conditions. --J. J. Sylvester. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

invariance n 1: the quality of being resistant to variation [syn: invariability, invariableness, invariance] [ant: variability, variableness, variance] 2: 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"