[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

variable \va"riable\, n.
   1. that which is variable; that which varies, or is subject
      to change.
      1913 webster

   2. math. 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 x^2 - y^2 = r^2, x and y are variables.
      1913 webster

   3. naut.
      a a shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
      b pl. those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not
          expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind
          belts.
          1913 webster

   independent variable math., that one of two or more
      variables, connected with each other in any way whatever,
      to which changes are supposed to be given at will. thus,
      in the equation x^2 - y^2 = r^2, if arbitrary
      changes are supposed to be given to x, then x is the
      independent variable, and y is called a function of x.
      there may be two or more independent variables in an
      equation or problem. cf. dependent variable, under
      dependent.
      1913 webster
see also:
2 independent variable dependent variable dependent 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

variable \va"riable\, a. 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.
      1913 webster

   2. liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable;
      fickle; unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men
      are variable; passions are variable.
      1913 webster

            lest that thy love prove likewise variable. --shak.
      1913 webster

            his heart, i know, how variable and vain --milton.
      1913 webster

   variable exhaust steam eng., a blast pipe with an
      adjustable opening.

   variable quantity math., a variable.

   variable-rate mortgage finance, a mortgage whose
      percentage interest rate varies depending on some agreed
      standard, such as the prime rate; -- used often in
      financing the purchase of a home. such a mortgage usually
      has a lower initial interest rate than a fixed-rate
      mortgage, and this permits buyers of a home to finance
      the purchase a house of higher price than would be
      possible with a fixed-rate loan.

   variable stars astron., fixed stars which vary in their
      brightness, usually in more or less uniform periods.
      1913 webster

   syn: changeable; mutable; fickle; wavering; unsteady;
        versatile; inconstant.
        1913 webster
see also:
variable exhaust variable quantity variable-rate mortgage fixed-rate mortgage variable stars 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

variable
     adj 1: liable to or capable of change; "rainfall in the tropics is
            notoriously variable"; "variable winds"; "variable
            expenses" ant: invariable
     2: marked by diversity or difference; "the varying angles of
        roof slope"; "nature is infinitely variable" syn: varying
     3: used of a device designed so that a property as e.g.
        light can be varied; "a variable capacitor"; "variable
        filters in front of the mercury xenon lights"
     n 1: something that is likely to vary; something that is subject
          to variation; "the weather is one variable to be
          considered"
     2: a quantity that can assume any of a set of values syn: variable
        quantity
     3: a star that varies noticeably in brightness syn: variable
        star
     4: a symbol like x or y that is used in mathematical or
        logical expressions to represent a variable quantity
see also:
invariable varying variable quantity variable star 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

181 moby thesaurus words for "variable":
   able to adapt, adaptable, adjustable, adrift, afloat, agnostic,
   alterable, alterative, alternating, ambiguous, amorphous, broken,
   capricious, careening, catchy, chancy, changeable, changeful,
   changing, checkered, choppy, desultory, deviable, deviating,
   deviative, deviatory, dicey, different, disconnected,
   discontinuous, disorderly, divaricate, divergent, diversified,
   diversiform, dizzy, doubting, eccentric, equivocal, erose, erratic,
   ever-changing, fast and loose, fickle, fitful, flexible,
   flickering, flighty, flitting, fluctuating, fluid, freakish, giddy,
   guttering, halting, herky-jerky, hesitant, hesitating, heteroclite,
   immethodical, impermanent, impetuous, impulsive, incalculable,
   inconsistent, inconstant, indecisive, indemonstrable, infirm,
   intermittent, intermitting, irregular, irresolute, irresponsible,
   jagged, jerky, kaleidoscopic, lurching, malleable, many-sided,
   mazy, mercurial, metamorphic, mobile, modifiable, moody, motley,
   movable, mutable, nonconformist, nonstandard, nonuniform, patchy,
   permutable, plastic, pluralistic, polysemous, protean, proteiform,
   ragged, rambling, resilient, restless, rough, roving, rubbery,
   scatterbrained, scrappy, shapeless, shifting, shifty, shuffling,
   skeptical, slippery, snatchy, spasmatic, spasmic, spasmodic,
   spastic, spineless, sporadic, spotty, staggering, supple,
   temperamental, ticklish, touch-and-go, transient, transitory,
   uncertain, unconfirmable, uncontrolled, unconvinced, undependable,
   undisciplined, undivinable, unequable, unequal, uneven, unfixed,
   unforeseeable, unmethodical, unmetrical, unorthodox, unpersuaded,
   unpredictable, unprovable, unregular, unreliable, unrestrained,
   unrhythmical, unsettled, unstable, unstable as water, unstaid,
   unsteadfast, unsteady, unsure, unsystematic, ununiform,
   unverifiable, vacillating, vagrant, variegated, variform, various,
   varying, veering, vicissitudinary, vicissitudinous, volatile,
   wandering, wanton, wavering, wavery, wavy, wayward, whimsical,
   wishy-washy, wobbling, wobbly

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