variable

1. 1

   Able to vary or be varied.

   • variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity; a variable resistor
2. 2

   Likely to vary.

   • Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.
3. 3

   Marked by diversity or difference.

4. 4

   Having no fixed quantitative value.

5. 5

   Tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type.

syn. capricious · changeful · fickle · fitful · flexible · fluctuating · fluid · iffy · inconstant · irregular · mercurial · mobile

1. 1

   Something that is variable.

2. 2

   Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.

   • There are several variables to consider here.
3. 3

   A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.

4. 4

   A symbol representing a variable.

5. 5

   A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.

6. 6

   A variable star.

7. 7

   A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.

8. 8

   Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.in-plural

syn. variable