variable
IPA: vˈɛriʌbʌɫ
noun
- Something that is variable.
- Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.
- (mathematics) A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.
- (mathematics) A symbol representing a variable.
- (programming) A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.
- (astronomy) A variable star.
- (nautical) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
- (nautical, in the plural) Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.
adjective
- Able to vary or be varied.
- Likely to vary.
- Marked by diversity or difference.
- (mathematics) Having no fixed quantitative value.
- (biology) Tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type.
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Examples of "variable" in Sentences
- Pressure of the nip is variable.
- The pattern of the fur is variable.
- The size of the groups is variable.
- The larva is as variable as the adult.
- It is a highly variable and transmissible virus.
- The state variable change is synchronous with the leap.
- The change of variables in the examples is inconsistent.
- This transformation of the variables changes the path of the particle.
- This is despite the presence of random variability within the input variables.
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