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