Dictionary Check: variable

"variable" is a valid word!

Scrabble 13 points
Words with Friends 16 points

Definition

adjective

liable to or capable of change

Example: "rainfall in the tropics is notoriously variable"
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adjective

marked by diversity or difference

Example: "the varying angles of roof slope"
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adjective

(used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied

Example: "a variable capacitor"
noun

something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation

Example: "the weather is one variable to be considered"
noun

a quantity that can assume any of a set of values

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noun

a star that varies noticeably in brightness

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