Definitions for variable

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variable var·i·a·ble

Spelling: [vair-ee-uh-buh l]

IPA: /ˈvɛər i ə bəl/

Variable is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 286 anagrams from letters in variable (aabeilrv).

Definitions for variable

noun

1. something that may or does vary or change; a variable feature or factor.
2. Mathematics, Computers. a quantity or function that may assume any given value or set of values. a symbol that represents this.
3. Logic. (in the functional calculus) a symbol for an unspecified member of a class of things or statements. Compare bound variable, free variable.
4. Astronomy. variable star.
5. Meteorology. a shifting wind, especially as distinguished from a trade wind. variables, doldrums (def 2a).

adjective

1. apt or liable to vary or change; changeable:
2. capable of being varied or changed; alterable:
3. inconstant; fickle:
4. having much variation or diversity.
5. Biology. deviating from the usual type, as a species or a specific character.
6. Astronomy. (of a star) changing in brightness.
7. Meteorology. (of wind) tending to change in direction.
8. Mathematics. having the nature or characteristics of a variable.

Origin of variable

1350-1400; late Middle English Latin variābilis, equivalent to vari(us) various + -ābilis -able

Examples for variable

Vosshall designed her pilot study to weed out this variable.

AirBnB allows for connections: host to guest, guest to city, and any other variable you can think of.

Throughout the process the program throws in random changes in a command or variable— these are mutations.

variable hyphenation of god(-)like has been preserved as in the original.

This allowed them to isolate the variable under study: receipt of multivitamins.

Archaic and variable spelling and hyphenation are preserved.

The answer has been as variable as the purpose of the questioners.

Environmental lead abatement does a better job of explaining the crime decrease than almost any other variable.

The variable (an audible) part of the roadway for an automobile.

In all the variable years that followed she never saw the like of it again.