(uncountable) The quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc. / (countable) An unchanging quality or characteristic of a person or thing.

The act of crowding anything into a lesser space, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.

Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.

One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.) / (UK, law) A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers.

(intransitive, dated) To act as a constable or policeman.

The process of constructing. / Anything that has been constructed. / The trade of building structures. / A building, model or some other structure.

Something constructed from parts. / A concept or model. / (genetics) A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or tissue.

(transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts. / (transitive) To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.

(transitive) To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige. / (transitive) To keep within close bounds; to confine.

Name of present-day Istanbul from 330-1930 C.E.. Previously known as Byzantium.