"constantive" meaning in All languages combined

See constantive on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Etymology: constant + -ive Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|constant|ive}} constant + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} constantive (not comparable)
  1. (linguistics) Indicating a state of affairs with no additional connotations; denotational. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-constantive-en-adj-GMVKMQrD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 74 26 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (mathematics) Composed of elements that are each expressible by a unary polynomial. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-constantive-en-adj-k48qtWOa Topics: mathematics, sciences

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