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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Apart from the FP properties (such as immutability, high-order functions, closures etc.)
Jonas Bonér 2009
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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."
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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."
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Apart from the FP properties (such as immutability, high-order functions, closures etc.)
Jonas Bonér 2009
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Apart from the FP properties (such as immutability, high-order functions, closures etc.)
Jonas Bonér 2009
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