variable

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Synonyms: variably, amiable, valuable, viable, parable, invariable, variance, veritable, variate, friable, variables

Antonyms: variably, amiable, valuable, viable, parable, invariable, variance, veritable, variate, friable, variables

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Adjective

1. Able to [[vary]] or be varied.
2. Likely to [[vary]].
3. Marked by [[diversity]] or [[difference]].
4. {{lb|en|mathematics}} Having no fixed [[quantitative]] value.
5. {{lb|en|biology}} Tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type.

Noun

1. Something that is [[#Adjective|variable]].
2. Something whose value may be [[dictate]]d or [[discover]]ed.
3. {{wp|+ (mathematics)}} {{lb|en|mathematics}} A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.
4. {{lb|en|mathematics}} A symbol representing a variable.
5. {{lb|en|programming}} A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.
6. {{lb|en|astronomy}} A [[variable star]].
7. {{lb|en|nautical}} A shifting [[wind]], or one that varies in [[force]].
8. {{lb|en|nautical|in the plural}} Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.

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