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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Covariant

/(k?-v?"r?-ant)/ · Co·va·ri·ant · IPA
01 n. A function involving the coefficients and the variables of a quantic, and such that when the quantic is lineally transformed the same funct…
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    A function involving the coefficients and the variables of a quantic, and such that when the quantic is lineally transformed the same function of the new variables and coefficients shall be equal to the old function multiplied by a factor. An invariant is a like function involving only the coefficients of the quantic.(Higher Alg.)