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English adjective: variable | |||
| 1. | variable liable to or capable of change | ||
| Samples | Rainfall in the tropics is notoriously variable. Variable winds. Variable expenses. | ||
| Similar | changeable, covariant, multivariate, protean, shifting, uncertain, unsettled, variant, versatile | ||
| See also | inconsistent, inconstant | ||
| Antonyms | invariable | ||
| 2. | variable marked by diversity or difference | ||
| Samples | The varying angles of roof slope. Nature is infinitely variable. | ||
| Synonyms | varying | ||
| Similar | varied | ||
| Antonyms | unvaried, unvarying | ||
| 3. | variable (used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied | ||
| Samples | A variable capacitor. Variable filters in front of the mercury xenon lights. | ||
| Similar | adaptable | ||
| Antonyms | unadaptable | ||
English noun: variable | |||
| 1. | variable (object) something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation | ||
| Samples | The weather is one variable to be considered. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | thing | ||
| 2. | variable (cognition) a quantity that can assume any of a set of values | ||
| Synonyms | variable quantity | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | quantity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | argument, chance variable, correlate, correlative, degree of freedom, dependent variable, experimental variable, independent variable, infinitesimal, predictor variable, random variable, scalar, stochastic variable, tensor, variant, variate, vector | ||
| 3. | variable (object) a star that varies noticeably in brightness | ||
| Synonyms | variable star | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | star | ||
| Instance hyponym | North Star, polar star, Polaris, pole star, polestar | ||
| 4. | variable (communication) a symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | symbol | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | placeholder, unknown, unknown quantity | ||
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