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comparative more variable, superlative most variable
Able to vary or be varied. examples
Likely to vary. quotations examples
Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.
c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene ii]
Marked by diversity or difference. examples
(mathematics) Having no fixed quantitative value. examples
(biology) Tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type.
plural variables
Something that is variable. examples
Something whose value may be dictated or discovered. quotations examples
Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.
2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193
(mathematics) A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values. examples
(mathematics) A symbol representing a variable. examples
(programming) A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them. examples
(astronomy) A variable star. examples
(nautical) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force. examples
(nautical, in the plural) Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts. examples