variable

[Va·ri*a*ble]

The adjective variable is used to describe something that is liable to change often, such as the weather, interest rates, or your teacher's mood.

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Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity.

Noun
a quantity that can assume any of a set of values

Noun
a symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity

Noun
something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation; "the weather is one variable to be considered"

Noun
a star that varies noticeably in brightness

Adjective S.
(used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied; "a variable capacitor"; "variable filters in front of the mercury xenon lights"

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Adjective
liable to or capable of change; "rainfall in the tropics is notoriously variable"; "variable winds"; "variable expenses"

Adjective S.
marked by diversity or difference; "the varying angles of roof slope"; "nature is infinitely variable"

a.
Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity.

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Liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable; fickle; unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men are variable; passions are variable.

n.
That which is variable; that which varies, or is subject to change.

n.
A quantity which may increase or decrease; a quantity which admits of an infinite number of values in the same expression; a variable quantity; as, in the equation x2 - y2 = R2, x and y are variables.

n.
A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.

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Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.

Variable

Va"ri*a*ble , a. [L. variabilis: cf. F. variable.] 1. Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity. 2. Liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable; fickle; unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men are variable; passions are variable.

Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.

His heart, I know, how variable and vain!

Variable exhaust (Steam Eng.), a blast pipe with an adjustable opening. -- Variable quantity (Math.), a variable. -- Variable stars (Astron.), fixed stars which vary in their brightness, usually in more or less uniform periods. Syn. -- Changeable; mutable; fickle; wavering; unsteady; versatile; inconstant.

Variable

Va"ri*a*ble, n. 1. That which is variable; that which varies, or is subject to change. 2. (Math.) A quantity which may increase or decrease; a quantity which admits of an infinite number of values in the same expression; a variable quantity; as, in the equation x2 - y2 = R2, x and y are variables. 3. (Naut.) (a) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force. (b) pl. Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts. Independent variable (Math.), that one of two or more variables, connected with each other in any way whatever, to which changes are supposed to be given at will. Thus, in the equation x2 - y2 = R2, if arbitrary changes are supposed to be given to x, then x is the independent variable, and y is called a function of x. There may be two or more independent variables in an equation or problem. Cf. Dependent variable, under Dependent.

Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity.

That which is variable; that which varies, or is subject to change.

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Usage Examples

Abstraction brings the world into more complex, variable relations it can extract beauty, alternative topographies, ugliness, and intense actualities from seeming nothingness.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Because what happens is, as the economy suffers, tax revenues go down. But unlike businesses, where at least your variable costs go down, in government your variable costs go up: unemployment insurance, workmen's compensation, health care benefits, welfare, you name it.

There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress.