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variable

• (a) liable to or capable of change
  • rainfall in the tropics is notoriously variable
  • variable winds
  • variable expenses
• (s) marked by diversity or difference
  • the varying angles of roof slope
  • nature is infinitely variable
  varying,
• (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

Nouns

• (n) something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation
  • the weather is one variable to be considered
• (n) a quantity that can assume any of a set of values variable quantity,
• (n) a star that varies noticeably in brightness variable star,
• (n) a symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity

Synonyms

variable quantity varying variable star

Antonyms

invariable

See also

inconsistent inconstant

Words of close approximity