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Invariant vs Coma - What's the difference?

invariant | coma |

As nouns the difference between invariant and coma

is that invariant is an invariant quantity, function etc while coma is a state of sleep from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma or coma can be (astronomy) a cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.

As an adjective invariant

is not varying; constant.

invariant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • not varying; constant
  • (mathematics) Unaffected by a specified operation (especially by a transformation)
  • (computing, programming) Neither covariant nor contravariant.

    • Synonyms

    * (not varying) invariable

    Derived terms

    * class invariant

    Related terms

    * invariance * variant * variegate * various * vary

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An invariant quantity, function etc.

    • coma

    English

    (wikipedia coma)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A state of sleep from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
    • Related terms
    * comatose
    See also
    * persistent vegetative state * brain death

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (comae)
  • (astronomy) A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.
  • (optics) A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that should be points.
  • (botany) A tuft or bunch, such as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree, a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant, or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.

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