variable

1. a. Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity. Source: opted

2. a. Liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable; fickle; unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men are variable; passions are variable. Source: opted

3. n. That which is variable; that which varies, or is subject to change. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

5. n. A shifting wind, or one that varies in force. Source: opted

6. n. Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts. Source: opted

7. adj. liable to or capable of change Source: wordnet

8. adj. marked by diversity or difference Source: wordnet

9. adj. (used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied Source: wordnet

10. n. something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation Source: wordnet

11. n. a quantity that can assume any of a set of values Source: wordnet

12. n. a star that varies noticeably in brightness Source: wordnet

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