covariant
(adjective) changing so that interrelations with another variable quantity or set of quantities remain unchanged
Source: WordNet® 3.1
covariant (not comparable)
(category theory) (Of a functor) which preserves composition.
(object-oriented programming) Using or relating to covariance.
covariant (plural covariants)
(algebra) A bihomogeneous polynomial in x, y, ... and the coefficients of some homogeneous form in x, y, ... that is invariant under some group of linear transformations.
(algebra) The variety defined by a covariant.
Source: Wiktionary
Co*va"ri*ant (k-v"r-ant), n. (Higher Alg.)
Definition: A function involving the coefficients and the variables of a quantic, and such that when the quantic is lineally transformed the same function of the new variables and coefficients shall be equal to the old function multiplied by a factor. An invariant is a like function involving only the coefficients of the quantic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
