Sunday, August 22, 2010

GJR Word of the Day 1

constant – (pronounced – kon-stuhnt]) - not changing or varying; uniform; regular; invariable
The temperature in the aquarium remained a constant 78 degrees.

Synonyms: stable, steady, regular

Examples of things that are constant are: at GJR you must demonstrate knowledge of the 3 basic skills to pass from one level to the next, on earth, when you drop something it falls toward the ground.

Antonyms: irregular, uneven, variable
Examples of things that are not constant: the weather, some days it is sunny and others rainy, some days windy and some days still, some days warm and some cold. The cost of gasoline is not a constant. Today it was $2.76 a gallon but last Friday it was $2.82 a gallon.

My grandmother was a constant in my life. She was always there for me.
Mr. Reiser told us that π is a constant; it always equals the ratio of a circles circumference to its diameter, approximately 3.14159.

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