variable
Adjective
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Liable to or capable of change (synset 302514176)
"rainfall in the tropics is notoriously variable"; "variable winds"; "variable expenses"also:
- inconsistent - displaying a lack of consistency
- inconstant - likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable
similar to:- changeable, uncertain, unsettled - subject to change
- covariant - changing so that interrelations with another variable quantity or set of quantities remain unchanged
- multivariate - pertaining to any procedure involving two or more variables
- protean - taking on different forms
- shifting - continuously varying
- variant - exhibiting variation and change
- versatile - changeable or inconstant
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Marked by diversity or difference (synset 302517573)
"the varying angles of roof slope"; "nature is infinitely variable"similar to: varied - characterized by varietysame as: varying
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(used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied (synset 301032411)
"a variable capacitor"; "variable filters in front of the mercury xenon lights"similar to: adaptable - capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use
Noun
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Something that is likely to vary;
Something that is subject to variation (synset 109492089)"the weather is one variable to be considered"is a type of: thing - a separate and self-contained entity -
A quantity that can assume any of a set of values (synset 105866043)
is a type of: quantity - the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variablesubtypes:
- argument - a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable
- experimental variable, independent variable - (statistics) a variable whose values are independent of changes in the values of other variables
- correlate, correlative - either of two or more related or complementary variables
- degree of freedom - (statistics) an unrestricted variable in a frequency distribution
- dependent variable - (statistics) a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value depends on the independent variable
- predictor variable - a variable that can be used to predict the value of another variable (as in statistical regression)
- infinitesimal - (mathematics) a variable that has zero as its limit
- chance variable, random variable, stochastic variable, variant, variate - a variable quantity that is random
- scalar - a variable quantity that cannot be resolved into components
- tensor - a generalization of the concept of a vector
- vector - a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
same as: variable quantity -
A star that varies noticeably in brightness (synset 109492282)
is a type of: star - (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interiorspecific instances: north star, polar star, polaris, pole star, polestar - the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward itsame as: variable star
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A symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity (synset 107285985)
is a type of: symbol - an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significancesubtypes:
- placeholder - a symbol in a logical or mathematical expression that can be replaced by the name of any member of specified set
- unknown, unknown quantity - a variable whose values are solutions of an equation
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