variable

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Able to vary or be varied.
2. Likely to vary.
3. Marked by diversity or difference.
4. Having no fixed quantitative value.
5. Tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type.

Noun

1. Something that is variable.
2. Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.
3. A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.
4. A symbol representing a variable.
5. A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.
6. A variable star.
7. A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
8. (in-plural) Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.

Teenoorgestelde van

constant, invariable, immutable, unalterable, unchangeable, mutable, nonimmutable, unsteady, changeable, unchanging, heterogeneous

Sinonieme

changeable

inconstant

mutable

volatile

varying

fickle

alternating

unsteady

alterable

variable quantity

changing

variable star

uncertain

fluctuating

alternate

indefinite

changeful

unstable

mercurial

variant

choppy

parameter

varied

controllable

protean

convertible

shilly-shally

shot

slippery

unequal

uneven

unpredictable

unsettled

variably

variance

variate

variation

variational

various

versatile

ever-changing

VAR

var

adjustable

erratical

adventitious

argument

baffling

change

checkered

Vertalings

variable

variabile

variável

variable

Variable

veranderlijk

variable

variabel

değişken

variabel

veränderlich

variabele

onbestendig

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈvɛə.ɹi.ə.bl̩/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: -

In summary

Borrowed into Middle English in the 14th century from Old French variable, from Latin variare (“to change”), from varius (“different, various”). Equates to English vary + -able.