constabulary (kons tabular i)

and n. [ The police consists of a well organised constabulary force. MCulloch , Geog. Dict., Ireland. II. n.; pl. constabularies (-riz). The body of constables of a district, as a town, city, or county; a body or cla of officers performing the functions of constables: as, the constabulary of Ireland. IMG:content-1131.png:[blocks in formation] If I could pray to move, prayers would move me: But I am constant as the northern star Of whose true-fix'd and resting quality There is no fellow in the firmament. Shak . , J. C., iii. 1. The constant mind all outward force defied, By vengeance vainly urged, in vain a ail'd by pride. Crabbe, Works, IV. 185. And the love I told beneath the evening influence, Shall be as constant as its gentle star. N. P. Will is . 6t. Fixed in belief or determination; insistent; positive. The augurs are all constant I am meant. 7t. Fixed; stable; solid: opposed to fluid. You may turn these two fluid liquors into a constant 8t. Strong; steady. body. Boyle, Hist. of Firmne . Prithee, do not turn me about; my stomach is not con- stant . Shak ., Tempest, ii. 2. const an cet, n. [ME.: see constancy.] An ob- 9t. Consistent; logical; reasonable. solete form of constancy. Chaucer. state. As soon Seek roses in December, ice in June; Hope constancy in wind, or corn in chaff. Byron, Eng. Bards and Scotch Reviewers. Every increment of knowledge goes to show that constancy is an e ential attribute of the Divine rule: an unvarying ne which renders the eclipse of a hundred years hence predicable to a moment! H. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 53. 2. Fixedne or firmne of mind; persevering resolution; steady, unshaken determination; particularly, firmne of mind under sufferings, steadfastne in attachments, perseverance in enterprise, or stability in love or friendship. Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good. I am no more mad than you are; make the trial of it in any constant question. Shak ., T. N., iv. 2. 10t. Indisputably true; evident. It is constant, without any dispute, that if they had fallen on these provinces in the beginning of this month, nymus in 754, favoring the Iconoclasts, claimed to be ecumenical, but its decrees were reversed by the second Nicene Council in 787. See council, 7.- Constant i no pol it an creed. See Nicene. - Constant i no pol it an liturgy. See liturgy. II. n. A native or an inhabitant of Constantinople. constantly (kon's tant-li), adv. In a constant manner. (a) Uniformly; invariably. (b) Continually. (c) Firmly; steadfastly; with constancy. The City of London sticks constantly to the Parliament. Howell, Letters, I. vi. 50. (d) Perseveringly; persistently. She constantly affirmed that it was even so. Acts xii. 15. Sir W. Temple , Works, ii. 35 (Ord MS.). =Syn. 1 and 3. Steadfast, stable, unchanging, unalterable, invariable, perpetual, continual; resolute, firm, stanch, unshaken, unwavering, determined; persevering, a iduous, unremitting; trusty. II. n. That which is not subject to change; something that is always the same in state or operation, or that continually occurs or re IMG:content-1132.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1133.png:[blocks in formation] It is a law of psychological mathematics that the con stant force of dulne will in the end overcome any varying force resisting it. Stedman, Vict. Poets, p. 134. Specifically-2. In nat . hist . , not subject to variation; not varying in number, form, color, appearance, etc., in the species or group; always present: as, the middle stria is constant , though the lateral ones are often absent; the reniform spot is constant , but the other markings are subject to variation.-3. Continuing for a long or considerable length of time; continual; enduring; lasting in or retaining a state, quality, or attribute; ince ant; ceasele : as, constant change. My constant weary pain. William Morris, Earthly Paradise, II. 218. There is not only a constant motion of the ice from the pole outwards, but a constant downward motion as layer by layer is succe ively formed on the surface. J. Croll, Climate and Cosmology, p. 221. 4. Regularly recurring; continually renewed or reiterated; continual; persistent: as, the account the earth's attraction only, the longitude of the moon's node is constant, but by the attraction of the sun and planets its place is slowly changed. In this case one of the constants is said to vary. In algebra the unknown quantities are considered as variables, the known quantities and coefficients as constants. (b) In physics, a numerical quantity, fixed under uniform conditions, expre ing the value of one of the physical properties of a certain substance. Thus, the physical constants of ice are the values of its specific gravity, melting-point, coefficient of expansion, index of refraction, electrical conductivity, etc. Similarly, in the case of a physical instrument a constant is a fixed value depending upon its dimensions, etc. Thus, the constant of a tangent galvanometer is the radius of its coil divided by the number of coils into 6.28318+. The strength of a current may be determined in "absolute" units by the aid of the tangent galvanometer if the constants of the instrument are known. S. P. Thompson , Elect, and Mag., p. 166. Arbitrary constant. See arbitrary. - Circular constant. See circular. - Constant of aberration, that one constant by the determination of which the aberration is obtained from its known laws at any given time.- Constant of integration, the new unknown constant which has to be introduced into every result of mathematical integration.- Constants of color. See color, 1. Gravitation constant, the absolute modulus of gravitation, Africa. A wine (both Constant i no pol it an (kon-stan"ti-nō-pol'i-tan), a. and n. [LL. Constant i no pol it an us , pertain- Constantinople, the new name given by the Roman emperor Const an tine to Byzantium, upon transferring thither the seat of empire: Κωνσταντίνου , gen. of Κωνσταντίνος ( Const an- of a word; constant moans or complaints. [Now used only with nouns of action.] At this time constant Rumour was blown abroad from all parts of Europe, that the Spaniards were coming again against England. Baker , Chronicles, p. 383. 5. Fixed or firm in mind, purpose, or principle; not easily swayed; unshaken; steady; stable; ing or belonging to Constantinople, the present capital of Turkey, or to its inhabitants; produced in or derived from Constantinople. It was natural that the Venetians, whose State lay upon the borders of the Greek Empire, and whose greatest commerce was with the Orient, should be influenced by the Constant i no pol it an civilization. Howells, Venetian Life, xxi, Constant, madam! I will not say for constant ne . B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, iv. 1.