constant

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  1. adjective Continually occurring; persistent.
  2. adjective Regularly recurring: plagued by constant interruptions.
  3. adjective Unchanging in nature, value, or extent; invariable. See Synonyms at continual.
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  • One thing in particular to be aware of is the new WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_ALT_FOCUSABLE_IM constant, which is used to control whether a window is on top of or behind the current IME.Most of the interaction between an active IME and application is done through the android.view.inputmethod.InputConnection class.
  • Her husband, who is known as a constant tweeter, posted his own praise of Moore: "Wifey is pretty amazing, huh?" —  CNN.com
  • He is soemwhat of a constant which is what they are tending to look for. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • Her latest feat, is known as the constant weight world record, in which the diver must use just a monofin - a mermaid like tail - and their own power. —  British Blogs
  • Displacement control allows the user to keep the indentation depth constant which is important in layered materials or for thin samples when minimization of substrate effects are needed. —  iMechanica - Comments
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cōnstāns, cōnstant-, present participle of cōnstāre, to stand firm : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + stāre, to stand; see stā- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from F. constant = Spanish Portuguese constante = Italian constante, costante, from Latin constan(t-)s, steady, firm, constant, present participle of constare, stand together, stand firm, endure, be established or settled, from com-, together, + stare = English stand.
 

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