Thesaurus / constancy
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The Harvard team planned to create an illusion—to put the “con” in color constancy.
HOW THESE ROTHKOS WERE RESTORED WITHOUT TOUCHING THE CANVASADAM ROGERSMAY 30, 2021THE DAILY BEASTSince color vision does rely, at least in part, on color constancy, well, that could actually solve some complicated problems.
HOW THESE ROTHKOS WERE RESTORED WITHOUT TOUCHING THE CANVASADAM ROGERSMAY 30, 2021THE DAILY BEASTHomeostasis says that living systems resist change and desire constancy above all else.
6 PRINCIPLES FOR NAVIGATING CHALLENGES IN LIFEBRAD STULBERGMAY 6, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINE“The key goal of regulation is not rigid constancy,” writes Sterling.
6 PRINCIPLES FOR NAVIGATING CHALLENGES IN LIFEBRAD STULBERGMAY 6, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEIn its constancy, it became all the more comforting for the legions of fans who turned to “Jeopardy!”
ALEX TREBEK, QUINTESSENTIAL QUIZMASTER AS ‘JEOPARDY!’ HOST FOR THREE DECADES, DIES AT 80EMILY LANGERNOVEMBER 8, 2020WASHINGTON POSTWorld-weary and sick at heart, they still struggled to sustain each other, and to meet their dreadful fate with heroic constancy.
MADAME ROLAND, MAKERS OF HISTORYJOHN S. C. ABBOTTArcite is supposed to have worn white, red, or green; but he did not wear blue, for that was the colour of constancy.
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 1 (OF 7) -- ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE; MINOR POEMSGEOFFREY CHAUCERBoth here and in the Squieres Tale we find the allusions to Lamech, and to blue as the colour of constancy; see notes to ll.
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 1 (OF 7) -- ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE; MINOR POEMSGEOFFREY CHAUCERHe was kept a long time in prison, twice racked by order of the council, and every effort was made to shake his constancy.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 5, SLICE 2VARIOUSThe constancy and danger of a twenty years' passion is a subject upon which I hardly know how to be serious.
PRIVATE LETTERS OF EDWARD GIBBON (1753-1794) VOLUME 1 (OF 2)EDWARD GIBBONWORDS RELATED TO CONSTANCY
- backbone
- boldness
- braveness
- bravery
- constancy
- courage
- courageousness
- dauntlessness
- determination
- endurance
- fearlessness
- firmness
- grit
- gutsiness
- hardihood
- heart
- intrepidity
- mettle
- moxie
- nerve
- patience
- perseverance
- pith
- pluck
- resoluteness
- resolution
- spine
- spirit
- spunk
- stamina
- starch
- staying power
- stick-to-itiveness
- stomach
- stoutheartedness
- tenacity
- true grit
- valiancy
- valor
- valorousness
- what it takes
- adherence
- allegiance
- ardor
- attachment
- bond
- conscientiousness
- constancy
- devotedness
- devotion
- duty
- earnestness
- faith
- fealty
- fidelity
- homage
- honesty
- honor
- incorruptibility
- integrity
- inviolability
- obedience
- patriotism
- probity
- reliability
- resolution
- scrupulousness
- sincerity
- single-mindedness
- singleness
- staunchness
- steadfastness
- subjection
- submission
- support
- tie
- troth
- trueheartedness
- trueness
- trustiness
- trustworthiness
- truth
- truthfulness
- uprightness
- zeal
- backbone
- bearing
- calmness
- composure
- constancy
- cool
- diligence
- endurance
- equanimity
- even temper
- forbearance
- fortitude
- grit
- guts
- gutsiness
- heart
- humility
- imperturbability
- intestinal fortitude
- legs
- leniency
- long-suffering
- longanimity
- moderation
- moxie
- nonresistance
- passiveness
- passivity
- perseverance
- persistence
- poise
- resignation
- restraint
- self-control
- serenity
- starch
- staying power
- stoicism
- submission
- sufferance
- tolerance
- toleration
- yielding
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