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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.

▶noun a variable factor or quantity.

■ 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.

'variables' also found in these Oxford entries:

adder - bar chart - bilinear - constant - correlation coefficient - covariance - domain - exclusive OR - function - graph - identity - implicit - linear equation - linear programming - normal distribution - partial derivative - plot - quantic - regression - scatter diagram - Turing machine - variable

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