Thesaurus: variable

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1. a. Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity.
2. a. Liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable; fickle; unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men are variable; passions are variable.
3. n. That which is variable; that which varies, or is subject to change.
4. n. 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.
5. n. A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
6. n. Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.
7. adj. liable to or capable of change
8. adj. marked by diversity or difference
9. adj. (used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied
10. n. something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation
11. n. a quantity that can assume any of a set of values
12. n. a star that varies noticeably in brightness