Constancy

Noun1.constancy - the quality of being free from change or variation
unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness, changelessness - the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged
metastability - the quality of a physical system that persists in its existing equilibrium when undisturbed (or only slightly disturbed) but able to pass to a more stable equilibrium when sufficiently disturbed
monotony - constancy of tone or pitch or inflection
changefulness, inconstancy - the quality of being changeable and variable
2.constancy - the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation
perception - the process of perceiving
brightness constancy - the tendency for a visual object to be perceived as having the same brightness under widely different conditions of illumination
color constancy, colour constancy - the tendency for a color to look the same under widely different viewing conditions
shape constancy - the tendency to perceive the shape of a rigid object as constant despite differences in the viewing angle (and consequent differences in the shape of the pattern projected on the retina of the eye)
size constancy - the tendency to perceive the veridical size of a familiar object despite differences in their distance (and consequent differences in the size of the pattern projected on the retina of the eye)
3.constancy - faithfulness in personal attachment (especially sexual fidelity)
faithfulness, fidelity - the quality of being faithful

 

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