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WIKTIONARY
variable
Adjective
  • ∙ Able to vary.
  • ∙ Likely to vary.
  • ∙ Marked by diversity or difference.
  • ∙ Having no fixed quantitative value. mathematics
  • ∙ Tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type. biology
Noun
  • ∙ Something that is variable.
  • ∙ Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.
  • ∙ A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values. mathematics
  • ∙ A symbol representing a variable. mathematics
  • ∙ A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them. programming
  • ∙ A variable star. astronomy
  • ∙ A shifting wind, or one that varies in force. nautical
  • ∙ Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts. nautical, in the plural