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invariability|ɪnˌvɛərɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ|
[f. next: see -ity. Cf. F. invariabilité (1717 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
The quality or condition of being invariable; unchangeableness; constancy.
1644Digby Nat. Bodies xxxvii. (1645) 399 This invariability in the birds operations must proceed from a higher intellect. a1771R. Wood Ess. Homer (1775) 145 To inquire, how such an invariability in the modes of life should be peculiar to that part of the world. 1830Herschel Stud. Nat. Phil. 275 The researches of Laplace and Lagrange have demonstrated the absolute invariability of the mean distance of each planet from the sun. 1864Bowen Logic x. 326 The assumed invariability of what are called ‘the laws of nature’ rests upon no foundation whatever but uniform experience. 1885F. Temple Relat. Relig. & Sc. i. 24 Having discovered invariability in any given case, we presume causation even when we cannot yet show it. |