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Invariant in relation to any physical quantity means that this value is independent of reference frame in which one observes the given quantity.

E.g. invariant mass denoted in physics by $\text{[math]}$ is for a given particle independent of its reference frame in which this particle is observed. This independence is achieved by dividing the relativistic mass (the measure of inertia of the particle) by $\text{[math]}$ factor.

So if velocity of a particle is $\text{[math]}$ one gets invariant mass of the particle by dividing relativistic mass of the particle $\text{[math]}$ by $\text{[math]}$ factor as in $\text{[math]}$ , where $\text{[math]}$ , $\text{[math]}$ is velocity of the observed particle, and $\text{[math]}$ is speed of light in vacuum.

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