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Definition of Immutable
1. Adjective. Not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature. "The view of that time was that all species were immutable, created by God"
Derivative terms: Changelessness, Immutability, Immutableness
Antonyms: Mutable
Definition of Immutable
1. a. Not mutable; not capable or susceptible of change; unchangeable; unalterable.
Definition of Immutable
1. Adjective. Unable to be changed without exception. ¹
2. Adjective. (programming of a variable) Not able to be altered in the memory after its value is set initially, such as a constant. ¹
3. Noun. Something that cannot be changed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Immutable
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Immutable
1. Not mutable; not capable or susceptible of change; unchangeable; unalterable. "That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation." (Heb. Vi. 18) "Immutable, immortal, infinite, Eternal King." (Milton) Origin: L. Immutabilis; pref. Im- not + mutabilis mutable. See Mutable. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Immutable
Literary usage of Immutable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on the Moral Government of God by Nathaniel William Taylor (1859)
"Section third : Law immutable in its sanctions. ... But of law in what sense—of
what law do we so often hear the predicates, eternal and immutable ? ..."
2. Institutes of American Law by John Bouvier (1854)
"OF immutable AND ARBITRARY LAWS. No. 125. Preliminary Book, part 5 tit. ...
OF immutable LAWS. 128. Those laws are immutable which are founded on the laws ..."
3. The Republic of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"... which have a disorderly movement in the region between being and not-being,
are the proper matter of opinion, as the immutable objects are the proper ..."
4. The Philosophical Basis of Theism: An Examination of the Personality of Man by Samuel Harris (1883)
"Moral Law Universal, immutable, Imperative. I. Law is universal, immutable and
imperative because it is the universal and immutable truth of Reason known as ..."
5. The Philosophical Basis of Theism: An Examination of the Personality of Man by Samue Harris (1883)
"Moral Law Universal, immutable, Imperative. I. Law is universal, immutable and
imperative because it is the universal and immutable truth of Reason known as ..."
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