常量

chángliàng
noun #49,587

Meanings

  1. 1 constant

Examples

HSK 6
Chéngxù lǐ bú huì gǎibiàn de zhí zuìhǎo dìngyì chéng chángliàng.
In a program, values that never change are best defined as constants.
HSK 7-9
Guāngsù zài zhēnkōng zhōng shì yí ge chángliàng.
In a vacuum, the speed of light is a constant.

Tips

usage
常量 'constant quantity' is the opposite of 变量 'variable', in math and in programming alike. Physics usually calls a named constant a 常数: 普朗克常数 is Planck's constant.

Stroke Order

常 cháng
量 liàng