'Covariant' definitions:
Definition of 'covariant'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Changing so that interrelations with another variable quantity or set of quantities remain unchanged
Definition of 'Covariant'
From: 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]