invariance
noun
in·vari·ance
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Definition of invariance
: the quality or state of being invariant
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The nesting-doll feature — called discrete scale invariance — arose from a symmetry in the equation describing the forces between three particles. — Quanta Magazine, "Physicists Prove Surprising Rule of Threes," 27 May 2014 LeCun tells Science that translational invariance, too, could eventually emerge on its own with better general learning mechanisms. — Matthew Hutson, Science | AAAS, "How researchers are teaching AI to learn like a child," 24 May 2018 Translational invariance is the principle behind convolutional neural networks, or convnets, LeCun's greatest claim to fame. — Matthew Hutson, Science | AAAS, "How researchers are teaching AI to learn like a child," 24 May 2018 Methodological uniformitarianism (a procedural principle asserting spatial and temporal invariance of natural laws) belongs to the definition of science and is not unique to geology. — Brian Romans, WIRED, "Rapid Canyon Formation and Uniformitarianism," 23 June 2010These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'invariance.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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