All 17 Uses
constant
in
The Hunt for Red October
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- He was responsible for an area forty nautical miles across, and his sector overlapped the ones east and west so that, theoretically, three operators were constantly monitoring any segment of the barrier.†
Chpt 4.constantly = in a manner that is unchanging, continuous, or happens repeatedly
- It overcame the difficulty seismologists had discriminating between random noise that is constantly monitored on seismographs and genuinely unusual signals that foretell a seismic event.†
Chpt 5.
- While the other armed services routinely had their components run exercises against allies or themselves in emulation of Eastern Bloc tactics, the navy had its attack submarines play their games against the real thing—and constantly.†
Chpt 5.
- Bearing still constant on all three contacts, sir.†
Chpt 5. *
- The AWACS (airborne warning and control system) aircraft had been careful to circle well beyond SAM range, but had stayed close enough to maintain constant coverage of the Soviet fleet, reporting every maneuver and radio transmission to their command base.†
Chpt 9.
- He had to adjust trim constantly.†
Chpt 10.constantly = in a manner that is unchanging, continuous, or happens repeatedly
- Speed and engine noises are constant.†
Chpt 12.
- A constant fire control solution was set up on the attack director.†
Chpt 12.
- A good officer, he had survived his first encounter with Guderian's panzers, retreated in good order, and fought a constant mobile action for days before being caught in the great encirclement at Minsk.†
Chpt 12.
- The New Jersey and her escorts were keeping the Russian formation under constant observation, and a pair of Sentry aircraft were watching for good measure.†
Chpt 13.
- Two weeks of constant tension plus the nerve-wrenching change in plans had shaken the officer more than he would have believed.†
Chpt 15.
- The Dallas would be keeping the missile sub under constant sonar observation.†
Chpt 15.
- The differential was not constant, but it did return enough to prove that something was adding heat to the water.†
Chpt 16.
- The two American attack boats would leapfrog forward at thirty knots to sniff out the areas ahead while the October plodded along at a constant twenty.†
Chpt 17.
- "Two fish heading in, bearing is three-two-zero, I say again bearing is constant," Jones reported, much cooler than he felt.†
Chpt 17.
- "Skipper," Jones called, "two fish, bearing constant at three-two-zero—they just went active.†
Chpt 17.
- Bearing is constant," the michman replied, "closing rapidly."†
Chpt 17.
Definitions:
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(1)
(constant) unchanging, continuous, or happening repeatedly
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)