Variable — synonyms, variable antonyms, definition

1. variable (a)

adaptable adjustable aimless alterable alternating bargaining capricious chance desultory endless erratic fickle flighty fluid frivolous haggling incalculable inconstant indefinite indeterminate • • •

2. variable (Adjective)

varying invariable

variable (Adjective) — Liable to or capable of change. ex. "rainfall in the tropics is notoriously variable" ex. "variable winds" ex. "variable expenses"

variable (Adjective) — Marked by diversity or difference. ex. "nature is infinitely variable"

variable (Adjective) — (used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied. ex. "a variable capacitor" ex. "variable filters in front of the mercury xenon lights"

3. variable (Noun)

variable quantity variable star

variable (Noun) — Something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation. ex. "the weather is one variable to be considered"

variable (Noun) — A quantity that can assume any of a set of values.

variable (Noun) — A star that varies noticeably in brightness.

variable (Noun) — A symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity.

quantity star symbol thing North Star Polaris argument cepheid cepheid variable chance variable correlate correlative degree of freedom dependent variable experimental variable independent variable infinitesimal placeholder polar star pole star polestar predictor variable random variable scalar • • •