1.
constancy, stability, unchanging nature
The quality of remaining constant and unchanging over time.
品質の恒常性を保つ。
To maintain constancy in quality.
市場の恒常性は経済の安定にとって重要だ。
Market constancy is important for economic stability.
供給の恒常性が失われると、消費者の信頼も低下する。
When supply constancy is lost, consumer trust also declines.
2.
homeostasis
In biology, the ability of an organism to maintain stable internal conditions (such as body temperature, blood sugar, etc.) despite changes in the external environment.
体温の恒常性は生命維持に不可欠だ。
Homeostasis of body temperature is essential for sustaining life.
人体は恒常性を維持するために、さまざまな調節機能が働いている。
Various regulatory functions work to maintain homeostasis in the human body.
血糖値の恒常性が崩れると、糖尿病などの病気を引き起こすことがある。
When homeostasis of blood sugar levels is disrupted, it can lead to diseases such as diabetes.
A compound of 恒常 (permanent, constant) and 性 (nature, quality). In biology, this is the standard Japanese translation of "homeostasis" — the concept that living organisms actively regulate their internal environment.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 恒常性を維持する: to maintain homeostasis/constancy
- 恒常性が崩れる: homeostasis breaks down
- 恒常性の維持: maintenance of homeostasis
- 体内恒常性: internal homeostasis
SIMILAR WORDS:
- ホメオスタシス: homeostasis — the direct loanword from English, used in scientific contexts
- 安定性: stability — more general term for being stable
- 一定: constant, fixed — describes something staying at a set level