variable
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
variable/ˈveəriəbl/
▶adjective
- 1 not consistent or having a fixed pattern; liable to vary.
■ Mathematics (of a quantity) able to assume different numerical values.
■ Botany & Zoology (of a species) liable to deviate from the typical colour or form, or to occur in different colours or forms.
- 2 able to be changed or adapted.
■ (of a gear) designed to give varying ratios or speeds.
■ Astronomy a star whose brightness changes (regularly or irregularly).
■ (variables) the region of light, variable winds to the north of the NE trade winds or (in the southern hemisphere) between the SE trade winds and the westerlies.
– derivatives
variability noun,
variableness noun,
variably adverb.
variability noun,
variableness noun,
variably adverb.
'variable' also found in these Oxford entries:
analogue
- aperture
- argument
- bauxite
- bind
- Boolean
- cam
- cepheid
- characteristic curve
- coefficient
- composition
- computer
- contingency table
- correlation
- cubic
- CVT
- d
- decile
- definite integral
- delta
- dependent variable
- derivative
- differential
- dispersion
- domain
- expected value
- f
- first-order
- floating
- frequency distribution
- function
- graph
- gross
- histogram
- inconstant
- increment
- independent variable
- integrate
- jet stream
- juju
- known
- movable
- multivariate
- n
- nomogram
- ondes martenot
- partial derivative
- percentile
- pleochroic
- poikilo-
