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Variable   /vˈɛriəbəl/   Listen
Variable

noun
1.
Something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation.
2.
A quantity that can assume any of a set of values.  Synonym: variable quantity.
3.
A star that varies noticeably in brightness.  Synonym: variable star.
4.
A symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity.
adjective
1.
Liable to or capable of change.  "Variable winds" , "Variable expenses"  Antonym: invariable.
2.
Marked by diversity or difference.  Synonym: varying.  "Nature is infinitely variable"
3.
(used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied.  "Variable filters in front of the mercury xenon lights"



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... surface suitable for wheeled fixed-wing aircraft; no paved runways; 14 locations have snow-surface skiways limited to use by ski-equipped planes-8 runways/skiways greater than 3,000 m, 12 runways/skiways 1,000 to 3,000 m, 2 runways/skiways less than 1,000 m, and 5 of unspecified or variable length; airports generally subject to severe restrictions and limitations resulting from extreme seasonal and geographic conditions; airports do not meet ICAO standards; advance approval from the respective governmental or nongovernmental ...
— The 1998 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... consonant represents always, in variable words, quality, person, mode or time. The radical, on the contrary, represents the ...
— Delsarte System of Oratory • Various

... comparatively useless to man—a value higher than any other commodity which the people could offer their civilized customers; and as the reverence for the great burning orb of the sun, master of all the manifestations of nature, was tenfold as great as the veneration for the smaller, weaker, and variable goddess of the night, so was the demand for the metal sacred to the sun ten times as great as for the metal sacred to the moon. This view is confirmed by the fact that the root of the word by which ...
— The Antediluvian World • Ignatius Donnelly

... Lower Nubra consist of the valleys of the Nubra and Shayok rivers. These are deep, fierce, variable streams, which have buried the lower levels under great stretches of shingle, patched with jungles of hippophae and tamarisk, affording cover for innumerable wolves. Great lateral torrents descend to these rivers, and on alluvial ridges formed at the junctions are the villages with their ...
— Among the Tibetans • Isabella L. Bird (Mrs Bishop)

... the question of materials cannot be separated. A shed even of the dimensions given consumes a lot of wood, and the last, that it may withstand our variable and treacherous climate for a good number of years, should, as regards those parts directly exposed to the weather, be of good quality. Yellow deal may be selected for the boards; pitch pine is better, but ...
— Things To Make • Archibald Williams


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