Lexic.us

Definition of Constant quantity

1. Noun. A quantity that does not vary.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Constant Quantity

Literary usage of Constant quantity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"The solution contains a nearly constant quantity of lead acetate with varying lead oxide content. Since the dioxy-acetate has a low temperature coefficient ..."

2. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1832)
"... in many cases, is clearly shown; and several Methods are given for computing the constant Quantity by which those Series differ from each other. ..."

3. The Principles of Chemistry by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev, George Kamensky (1902)
"These trae specific heats of elements are in inverse proportion to their atomic weights- thai is, their product by the atomic weight is a constant quantity. ..."

4. The Atom by Albert Cushing Crehore (1920)
"APPENDIX B PROVE that the number of electrons in a graml of substances in general, hydrogen excepted, is a constant quantity, if we start with the ..."

5. The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1828)
"centre, and with a radius equal to any constant quantity, increased or diminished by the sum of the sides of the polygon path, which the light has traversed ..."

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