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Meaning of variable

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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},
         {variable}]
      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}, {variable quantity}]
      3: a star that varies noticeably in brightness [syn: {variable
         star}, {variable}]
      4: a symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or
         logical expressions to represent a variable quantity

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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