immutable

adj

Etymology

From Middle English immutable, from Latin immūtābilis (“unchangeable”); im- + mutable.

  1. derived from immūtābilis — “unchangeable
  2. inherited from immutable

Definitions

  1. Unable to be changed without exception.

    • The government has enacted an immutable law.
    • Mutable as is our nature, it delights in the immutable: and we expect as much constancy as if all time, to say nothing of our own changeableness, had not shewn that ever "the fashion of this world passeth away."
    • In the trustless cryptocurrency world, you can still trust the cryptocurrency community and its mechanisms to ensure that the blockchain contains an accurate and immutable—unchangeable—record of cryptocurrency transactions.
  2. Not able to be altered in the memory after its value is set initially.

    • Constants are immutable.
  3. Something that cannot be changed.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for immutable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA