The invariance of the configuration under translation.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

This principle of time invariance is enshrined in Noether’s Theorem.    From Wordnik.com.  [The perpetual motion machine « Anglican Samizdat] Reference

In contrast, quantum theory depends on a more fundamental, non-local topological invariance which is well known to be free of metrical constraints.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Birdcage] Reference

(1953, 149), and: “The feature which suggests reality is always some kind of invariance of a structure independent of the aspect, the projection” (149).    From Wordnik.com.  [Structural Realism] Reference

Whenever someone says scale invariance it makes me smile.    From Wordnik.com.  [What’s the (Dark) Matter?] Reference

Diffeomorphism invariance is a classical geometric property.    From Wordnik.com.  [The String Theory Backlash] Reference

The basic characteristic of a model in PSM is its invariance.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Brain, A Decoded Enigma] Reference

You never have a lower-dimensional Lorentz-invariance either.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why 10 or 11?] Reference

Does the “switched” scientist still observe Galilean invariance?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Incompatible Arrows, III: Lewis Carroll] Reference

By requiring local gauge invariance additional fields can be introduced.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quantum Field Theory] Reference

This follows from Minkowski's formula for the invariance of the world interval.    From Wordnik.com.  [TIME] Reference

Thus, a cosmological constant is inconsistent with conformal invariance in strings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Guest Post: Joe Polchinski on Science or Sociology?] Reference

Atom interferometry tests of local Lorentz invariance in gravity and electrodynamics.    From Wordnik.com.  [arxiv Find: Atom interferometry tests of local Lorentz invariance] Reference

« Doctor Sarkar arxiv Find: Atom interferometry tests of local Lorentz invariance ».    From Wordnik.com.  [Launch? Launch!] Reference

Manifest diffeomorphism invariance seems too limited if we want to describe string theory.    From Wordnik.com.  [The String Theory Backlash] Reference

You are correct: I am assuming that the high energy theory respects translation invariance.    From Wordnik.com.  [String Theory is Losing the Public Debate] Reference

April 10th, 2007 at 9: 05 pm off-debate physics question, regarding gauge-invariance in QED.    From Wordnik.com.  [String Theory is Losing the Public Debate] Reference

It is only true if (for example) you assume that you have Lorentz invariance in all dimensions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why 10 or 11?] Reference

The invariance of the speed of light was proposed as a theory before other scientists tested it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The First Quantum Cosmologist] Reference

Abstract: We present atom-interferometer tests of the local Lorentz invariance of post-Newtonian gravity.    From Wordnik.com.  [arxiv Find: Atom interferometry tests of local Lorentz invariance] Reference

Similar calculations, for rotational invariance and chiral symmetry, are routine in lattice gauge theory.    From Wordnik.com.  [Guest Post: Joe Polchinski on Science or Sociology?] Reference

Because they would have spoiled the success of Lorentz invariance at low energies, through virtual effects.    From Wordnik.com.  [Guest Blogger: Joe Polchinski on the String Debates] Reference

Lee has pushed the idea that violations of Lorentz invariance might turn up in one particular flavor of LQG.    From Wordnik.com.  [String Theory is Losing the Public Debate] Reference

Some difficult problems concerning commutation relations, statistics and Lorentz invariance could be solved.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quantum Field Theory] Reference

So approaches to quantum gravity that give up give up Lorentz invariance at the start are, I believe, doomed.    From Wordnik.com.  [String Theory is Losing the Public Debate] Reference

Rotational invariance is a subset of Lorentz invariance, a cornerstone of relativity and thus of all of modern physics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anatomy of a Paper: Part II, Calculation] Reference

Interesting phenomena can occur when the background breaks Lorentz invariance and the kinetic terms have a specific structure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Contemplating Causality] Reference

Out of the approach of loop quantum gravity naturally comes the question, to what accuracy Lorentz invariance describes nature.    From Wordnik.com.  [String Theory is Losing the Public Debate] Reference

Lorentz invariance is a cornerstone of relativity (and thus of all of modern physics), so breaking it is often thought to be bad.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lorentz invariance and you] Reference

But the most prominent feature of chaotic systems is their scale invariance: they look qualitatively the same on every time scale.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Our motivation was to test Lorentz invariance by searching for the effects of a constant vector field spread throughout spacetime.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Screwy Universe] Reference

Conformal invariance requires that this beta function vanish, which implies a Ricci-flat solution to the vacuum Einstein equations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Guest Post: Joe Polchinski on Science or Sociology?] Reference

That means that Lorentz invariance — the physical symmetry corresponding to rotations and changes of velocity — would be broken.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lorentz invariance and you] Reference

So the invariance noted with respect to the maximum individual tax rate is hardly a convincing argument that "You Can't Soak The Rich.".    From Wordnik.com.  [You Can't Really Soak the Rich, but Maybe Just a Bit] Reference

Lorentz invariance describes the symmetry on which special relativity is built, and underlies quantum field theory and general relativity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Contemplating Causality] Reference