const

Whose value cannot be changed directly.

Adjective

  1. Whose value cannot be changed directly.
  2. Which cannot change the value of its class’s attributes.

Origin

Abbreviation of constant, used as a keyword in certain programming languages.

Noun

  1. A variable whose value cannot be changed directly.

Forms

consts

Derived

const-correct const correctness constness non-const

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