Толковый словарь английского языка - variable
Variable
variable
I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin variabilis, from variare to vary Date: 14th century 1. able or apt to vary ; subject to variation or changes , fickle , inconstant , characterized by variations, having the characteristics of a ~, not true to type ; aberrant , variability noun ~ness noun variably adverb II. noun Date: 1816 1. a quantity that may assume any one of a set of values, a symbol representing a ~, something that is ~, ~ star
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adj. & n. --adj. 1 a that can be varied or adapted (a rod of variable length; the pressure is variable). b (of a gear) designed to give varying speeds. 2 apt to vary; not constant; unsteady (a variable mood; variable fortunes). 3 Math. (of a quantity) indeterminate; able to assume different numerical values. 4 (of wind or currents) tending to change direction. 5 Astron. (of a star) periodically varying in brightness. 6 Bot. & Zool. (of a species) including individuals or groups that depart from the type. 7 Biol. (of an organism or part of it) tending to change in structure or function. --n. 1 a variable thing or quantity. 2 Math. a variable quantity. 3 Naut. a a shifting wind. b (in pl.) the region between the NE and SE trade winds. Derivatives variability n. variableness n. variably adv. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L variabilis (as VARY) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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