Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality of being immutable; immutableness; unchangeableness; invariableness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The state or quality of being immutable; immutableness.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The state or quality of being immutable; immutableness.
  • noun computing The state of being unchangeable in the memory after creation.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the quality of being incapable of mutation

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Examples

  • When using the word immutability in the context of Clojure, we'll more often than not refer strictly to its core data types.

    Developer.com 2010

  • When using the word immutability in the context of Clojure, we'll more often than not refer strictly to its core data types.

    Developer.com 2010

  • When the gay-rights movement came along in 1969, we felt compelled to jump on that "immutability" bandwagon.

    Patricia Nell Warren: Civil Rights for Gays: Does "Immutable" Really Describe Us? 2009

  • With many in our leadership, this alleged "immutability" of ours is now a dogma.

    Patricia Nell Warren: Civil Rights for Gays: Does "Immutable" Really Describe Us? 2009

  • But be forewarned, you're bound to meet some folks in the comments who are living proof that the jury IS still out on that whole "immutability" thing.

    Balkinization 2005

  • Apart from the FP properties (such as immutability, high-order functions, closures etc.)

    Jonas Bonér 2009

  • Most notably, it acknowledged the lack of consensus on the "immutability" of sexual orientation - that is, on the question whether it has a biological basis or not - but noted that it was, at the very least, "highly resistant to change."

    FindLaw Writ - Recent Articles 2009

  • Most notably, it acknowledged the lack of consensus on the "immutability" of sexual orientation - that is, on the question whether it has a biological basis or not - but noted that it was, at the very least, "highly resistant to change."

    FindLaw Writ - Recent Articles 2009

  • Apart from the FP properties (such as immutability, high-order functions, closures etc.)

    Jonas Bonér 2009

  • Apart from the FP properties (such as immutability, high-order functions, closures etc.)

    Jonas Bonér 2009

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