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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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Variable

Variable (variable)
a.(?)
Va"ri*a*ble
[L. variabilis: cf. F. variable.]

  1. Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity.
  2. Liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable; fickle; unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men are variable; passions are variable.

    Lest that thy love prove likewise variable. Shak.

    His heart, I know, how variable and vain! Milton.

    Variable exhaust (Steam Eng.), a blast pipe with an adjustable opening. -- Variable quantity (Math.), a variable. -- Variable stars (Astron.), fixed stars which vary in their brightness, usually in more or less uniform periods.

    Syn. -- Changeable; mutable; fickle; wavering; unsteady; versatile; inconstant.

Variable

Variable (variable)
n.
Va"ri*a*ble
  1. That which is variable; that which varies, or is subject to change.
  2. A quantity which may increase or decrease; a quantity which admits of an infinite number of values in the same expression; a variable quantity; as, in the equation x2 - y2 = R2, x and y are variables.
  3. A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
    (b) pl.












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