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
Something that can change or have different values.
A characteristic, quantity or condition that can take different values.
8. Noun
A symbol used to represent an unknown or changeable value
9. Noun
a symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary
10. Noun
a star that varies noticeably in brightness
Vocabulary classified under Physics
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"
Vocabulary classified under Economics
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