variable
Etymology
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Etymology
Borrowed into Middle English in the 14th century from Old French variable, from Latin variare, from varius.
Pronunciation- (British) IPA: /ˈvɛə.ɹi.ə.bl̩/
- (America, non-Mary-marry-merry) IPA: /ˈvæɹ.i.ə.bl̩/
- (America, Mary-marry-merry) IPA: /ˈvɛɹ.i.ə.bl̩/
variable
- Able to vary or be varied.
- Synonyms: alterable, flexible, changeable, mutable, Thesaurus:mutable
- Antonyms: constant, invariable, immutable, unalterable, unchangeable, Thesaurus:immutable
- variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity; a variable resistor
- Likely to vary.
- Synonyms: fickle, fluctuating, inconstant, shifting, unstable, unsteady, Thesaurus:unsteady, Thesaurus:changeable
- Antonyms: constant, invariable, immutable, unchangeable, Thesaurus:steady, Thesaurus:changeless
- c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act II, scene ii]:
- Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.
- Marked by diversity or difference.
- Synonyms: varying, Thesaurus:heterogeneous
- Antonyms: unchanging, Thesaurus:homogeneous
- (mathematics) Having no fixed quantitative value.
- Antonyms: constant, invariable
- (biology) Tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type.
- Synonyms: aberrant
- French: variable
- German: variabel
- Italian: variabile, regolabile, flessiblie, modificabile
- Portuguese: variável
- Russian: переме́нный
- Spanish: variable
- German: variabel
- Italian: variabile
- Portuguese: variável
- Russian: переме́нный
- Spanish: variable
- French: variable
- Italian: variabile
- Portuguese: variável
- Russian: переме́нный
- French: variable
- German: variabel
- Italian: variabile
- Portuguese: variável
- Russian: переме́нный
variable (plural variables)
- Something that is variable.
- Synonyms: changeable
- Antonyms: constant, invariable
- Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.
- Synonyms: parameter
- There are several variables to consider here.
(mathematics) A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values. - Synonyms: variable quantity, Thesaurus:variable
- (mathematics) A symbol representing a variable.
- (programming) A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.
- (astronomy) A variable star.
- (nautical) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
- (nautical, in the plural) Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.
- French: variable, paramètre
- German: Variable
- Italian: variabile
- Portuguese: variável
- Russian: неизве́стное
- French: variable, paramètre
- German: Variable, Parameter
- Italian: variabile, parametro
- Portuguese: variável
- Russian: переме́нная
- Spanish: variable
- French: variable, paramètre
- German: Variable, Symbol, Platzhalter, Variablensymbol,
- Portuguese: variável
- Russian: неизвестная
- French: variable
- German: Variable
- Portuguese: variável
- Russian: переме́нная
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