immutable

[ ih-myoo-tuh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. not mutable; unchangeable; changeless.

  2. Computers. (in object-oriented programming) of or noting an object with a fixed structure and properties whose values cannot be changed.

Origin of immutable

1
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin immūtābilis; see im-2, mutable

Other words from immutable

  • im·mu·ta·bil·i·ty [ih-myoo-tuh-bil-i-tee], /ɪˌmyu təˈbɪl ɪ ti/, im·mu·ta·ble·ness, noun
  • im·mu·ta·bly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for immutable

immutable

/ (ɪˈmjuːtəbəl) /


adjective
  1. unchanging through time; unalterable; ageless: immutable laws

Derived forms of immutable

  • immutability or immutableness, noun
  • immutably, adverb

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