Adjective

(-)

Not fixated or fixed; moving or changing freely

* {{quote-book, 1873,

, passage=The monster again became an islet, rock, or reef, but a runaway reef, unfixed and elusive. }}

* {{quote-journal, 2008, date=November 28, Ariane Dimitrov et al., Detection of GTP-Tubulin Conformation in Vivo Reveals a Role for GTP Remnants in Microtubule Rescue, Science, volume=322, issue=5906 citation

, passage=It was best to use unfixed cells permeabilized in the presence of glycerol and/or low taxol concentration to prevent microtubule depolymerization.}}

Adjective

(en adjective)

Unchanged through time or space; permanent.

Consistently recurring over time; persistent.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-11-16, volume=409, issue=8862, magazine=(The Economist), author=Schumpeter

, title= The mindfulness business , passage=The constant pinging of electronic devices is driving many people to the end of their tether. Electronic devices not only overload the senses and invade leisure time. They feed on themselves: the more people tweet the more they are rewarded with followers and retweets.}}

Steady in purpose, action, feeling, etc.

* Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)

Both loving one fair maid, they yet remained constant friends.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

I am constant to my purposes.

* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)

His gifts, his constant courtship, nothing gained.

Firm; solid; not fluid.

* (Robert Boyle) (1627-1691)

Ifyou mix them, you may turn these two fluid liquors into a constant body.

(obsolete) Consistent; logical.

* Shakespeare, Twelfth Night IV.ii

I am no more mad than you are: make the trial of it with any constant question.