variable

variable is a 8-letter English word with 13 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity.
2. adjective. Liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable; fickle; unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men are variable; passions are variable.
3. noun. That which is variable; that which varies, or is subject to change.
4. noun. 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.
5. noun. A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
6. noun. Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.
7. noun. a quantity that can assume any of a set of values
8. noun. a symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity
9. noun. something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation

   "the weather is one variable to be considered"

10. noun. a star that varies noticeably in brightness
11. adjective. (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"

12. adjective. liable to or capable of change

    "rainfall in the tropics is notoriously variable"

    "variable winds"

13. adjective. marked by diversity or difference

    "the varying angles of roof slope"

    "nature is infinitely variable"

    Synonyms: varying

Synonyms

varying

Common word forms

variables, variableness

Words from these letters

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