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variable

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Etymology

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Borrowed into Middle English in the 14th century from Old French variable, from Latin variare (“to change”), from varius (“different, various”). Equates to English vary +‎ -able.

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variable (comparative more variable, superlative most variable)

  1. Able to vary or be varied.
    Synonyms: alterable, flexible, changeable, mutable; see also Thesaurus:mutable
    Antonyms: constant, invariable, immutable, unalterable, unchangeable; see also Thesaurus:immutable
    variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity; a variable resistor
  2. Likely to vary.
    Synonyms: fickle, fluctuating, inconstant, shifting, unstable, unsteady; see also Thesaurus:unsteady, Thesaurus:changeable
    Antonyms: constant, invariable, immutable, unchangeable; see also Thesaurus:steady, Thesaurus:changeless
  3. Marked by diversity or difference.
    Synonyms: varying; see also Thesaurus:heterogeneous
    Antonyms: unchanging; see also Thesaurus:homogeneous
  4. (mathematics) Having no fixed quantitative value.
    Antonyms: constant, invariable
  5. (biology) Tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type.
    Synonym: aberrant

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variable (plural variables)

  1. Something that is variable.
    Synonym: changeable
    Antonyms: constant, invariable
  2. Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.
    Synonym: parameter
    There are several variables to consider here.
    • 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:
      Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.
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    (mathematics) A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.
    Synonyms: variable quantity; see also Thesaurus:variable
  4. (mathematics) A symbol representing a variable.
  5. (programming) A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.
  6. (astronomy) A variable star.
  7. (nautical) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
  8. (nautical, in the plural) Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.

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astronomy: a variable star — see variable star
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Asturian

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Etymology

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From Latin variābilis.

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variable (epicene, plural variables)

  1. variable (able to vary)
  2. variable (likely to vary)

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variable f (plural variables)

  1. (mathematics) variable (a quantity that may assume any one of a set of values)
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Borrowed from Latin variābilis.

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variable m or f (masculine and feminine plural variables)

  1. variable (able to vary)
    Antonym: invariable
  2. variable (likely to vary)
    Antonym: invariable
  3. (mathematics) variable (having no fixed quantitative value)

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variable f (plural variables)

  1. variable (something that is variable)
  2. (mathematics) variable (a quantity that may assume any one of a set of values)
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Danish

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variable

  1. plural and definite singular attributive of variabel

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variable

  1. indefinite plural of variabel

French

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Borrowed from Latin variābilis.

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variable (plural variables)

  1. variable
    Antonym: invariable

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variable f (plural variables)

  1. (mathematics) variable (quantity that may assume any one of a set of values)
    Antonym: constante

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Latin variābilis.

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variable m or f (plural variables)

  1. variable, changeable
    Antonym: invariable

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variable f (plural variables)

  1. variable
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Norwegian Bokmål

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variable

  1. definite singular of variabel
  2. plural of variabel

Norwegian Nynorsk

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variable

  1. definite singular of variabel
  2. plural of variabel

Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin variābilis.

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  • IPA(key): /baˈɾjable/ [baˈɾja.β̞le]
  • Rhymes: -able
  • Syllabification: va‧ria‧ble

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variable m or f (masculine and feminine plural variables)

  1. variable

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variable f (plural variables)

  1. variable

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variable

  1. definite natural masculine singular of variabel

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