Covariant

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Covariant \Co*va"ri*ant\ (k?-v?"r?-ant), n. (Higher Alg.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]