variable

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Antonyms 1.4.3 Hyponyms 1.4.4 Derived terms 1.4.5 Translations 1.4.6 See also 1.5 External links 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Adjective 2.3 Noun 3 Spanish 3.1 Adjective 3.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (US)
  • IPA: /ˈver.i.ə.bl̩/ˌ /ˈvær-/
  • SAMPA: /"vEri@b=l/, /"v{r-/

[edit] Etymology

From Old French variable < Latin variare (“‘to change’”) < varius (“‘different, various’”).

[edit] Adjective

variable (comparative more variable, superlative most variable)

1. able to vary
2. likely to vary
3. marked by diversity or difference
4. (mathematics) having no fixed quantitative value
5. (biology) tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type

[edit] Synonyms

• (able to vary): alterable, flexible, changeable, mutable
• (likely to vary): fickle, fluctuating, inconstant, shifting, unstable, unsteady
• (marked by diversity or difference): varying
• (biology: tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type): aberrant

[edit] Antonyms

• (able to vary): constant, invariable, immutable, unalterable, unchangeable
• (likely to vary): constant, invariable, immutable, unchangeable
• (marked by diversity or difference): unchanging
• (mathematics: having no fixed quantitative value): constant, invariable

[edit] Derived terms

• variability
• variableness

[edit] Translations

[edit] Noun

variable (plural variables)

1. something that is variable
2. something whose value may be dictated or discovered

   There are several variables to consider here.

3. (mathematics) a quantity that may assume any one of a set of values
4. (mathematics) a symbol representing a variable
5. (programming) a named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them
6. (astronomy) a variable star

[edit] Synonyms

• (something that is variable): changeable
• (something whose value may be dictated or discovered): parameter
• (mathematics: a quantity that may assume any one of a set of values): variable quantity

[edit] Antonyms

• (something that is variable): constant, invariable

[edit] Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:variable

[edit] Derived terms

bound variable categorical variable continuous variable dependent variable discrete variable flow variable free variable independent variable interval variable

metasyntactic variable nominal variable ordinal variable ratio variable stock variable variable star variably vary

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• argument
• variate

[edit] External links

• variable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• variable in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• variable at OneLook® Dictionary Search

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Latin variabilis.

[edit] Adjective

variable m. (f. variable, m. plural variables, f. plural variables)

1. variable

[edit] Noun

variable f. (plural variables)

1. variable

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Adjective

variable m. and f. (plural variables)

1. variable

[edit] Noun

variable f. (plural variables)

1. variable