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variable

  • adjective
  • [ˈvɛə.ɹi.ə.bl̩]

Able to vary or be varied.

Example

“variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity; a variable resistor”

Other meanings

  1. Likely to vary.

  2. Marked by diversity or difference.

Synonyms

  • varying

Example sentences

  • “Now remember, our variable is still undefined.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “We're going to make this variable a string.”

    Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Word history

From Latin "variare" (to change).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “variable” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.