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ALL meanings of variable

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  • adjective variable apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods. 2
  • noun variable mathematics 1
  • noun variable thing that varies 1
  • adjective variable varies over time 1
  • adjective variable not fixed 1
  • adjective variable weather: changeable 1
  • adjective variable capable of being varied or changed; alterable: a variable time limit for completion of a book. 1
  • adjective variable inconstant; fickle: a variable lover. 1
  • adjective variable having much variation or diversity. 1
  • adjective variable Biology. deviating from the usual type, as a species or a specific character. 1
  • adjective variable Astronomy. (of a star) changing in brightness. 1
  • adjective variable Meteorology. (of wind) tending to change in direction. 1
  • adjective variable Mathematics. having the nature or characteristics of a variable. 1
  • noun variable something that may or does vary or change; a variable feature or factor. 1
  • noun variable Mathematics, Computers. a quantity or function that may assume any given value or set of values. a symbol that represents this. 1
  • noun variable Logic. (in the functional calculus) a symbol for an unspecified member of a class of things or statements. Compare bound variable, free variable. 1
  • noun variable Astronomy. variable star. 1
  • noun variable Meteorology. a shifting wind, especially as distinguished from a trade wind. variables, doldrums (def 2a). 1
  • noun variable Something that is variable. 0
  • noun variable Something whose value may be dictated or discovered. 0
  • noun variable (mathematics) A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values. 0
  • noun variable (mathematics) A symbol representing a variable. 0
  • noun variable (programming) A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them. 0
  • noun variable (astronomy) A variable star. 0
  • noun variable (nautical) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force. 0
  • noun variable (nautical, in the plural) Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts. 0
  • adjective variable Able to vary. 0
  • adjective variable Likely to vary. 0
  • adjective variable Marked by diversity or difference. 0
  • adjective variable (mathematics) Having no fixed quantitative value. 0
  • adjective variable (biology) Tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type. 0
  • adjective variable Something that is variable changes quite often, and there usually seems to be no fixed pattern to these changes. 0
  • countable noun variable A variable is a factor that can change in quality, quantity, or size, which you have to take into account in a situation. 0
  • countable noun variable A variable is a quantity that can have any one of a set of values. 0
  • adjective variable liable to or capable of change 0
  • adjective variable (of behaviour, opinions, emotions, etc) lacking constancy; fickle 0
  • adjective variable having a range of possible values 0
  • adjective variable (of a species, characteristic, etc) liable to deviate from the established type 0
  • adjective variable (of a wind) varying its direction and intensity 0
  • adjective variable (of an electrical component or device) designed so that a characteristic property, such as resistance, can be varied 0
  • noun variable something that is subject to variation 0
  • noun variable an expression that can be assigned any of a set of values 0
  • noun variable a symbol, esp x, y, or z, representing an unspecified member of a class of objects, numbers, etc 0
  • noun variable a symbol, esp x, y, z, representing any member of a class of entities 0
  • noun variable a named unit of storage that can be changed to any of a set of specified values during execution of a program 0
  • noun variable a variable wind 0
  • noun variable a region where variable winds occur 0
  • adjective variable apt or likely to change or vary; changeable, inconstant, fickle, fluctuating, etc. 0
  • adjective variable that can be changed or varied 0
  • adjective variable tending to deviate in some way from the type; aberrant 0
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