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variable Definition

vari·able (ver′ē ə bəl, var′-)

adjective

  1. apt or likely to change or vary; changeable, inconstant, fickle, fluctuating, etc.
  2. that can be changed or varied
  3. Biol. tending to deviate in some way from the type; aberrant
  4. Math. having no fixed value

Etymology: ME < MFr < L variabilis

noun

  1. anything changeable; esp., a quality or quantity that varies or may vary
  2. a shifting wind
  3. Astron. variable star
  4. Math., Physics
    1. a part of a mathematical expression that may assume any value in a specific, related set of values
    2. a symbol for such a part

variable Related Forms
var′i·abil′·ity noun or var′i·able·ness var′i·ably adverb
variable Synonyms

variable

modif.

inconstant, fickle, mutable, shifting, unsteady, fitful; see also changeable 2.

variable Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • confound: Bespoke languages are deemed necessary in order to avoid introducing confounding variables.
  • declare: You can declare variables at the start of any compound statement.
  • define: We proceed as is usual for modeling a problem, by defining variables.
  • derive: A further release of data, which contains additional derived variables, will be made available at a later date.
  • manipulate: The number of manipulated variables which may be used in control loops.

Adjective modifier

  • dependent: Let's assume I have some data on a dependent variable, which for the sake of argument we call Y for now.
  • static: Static variables can be used to emulate constants, values that don't change.
  • explanatory: Explanatory variable is affected by these characteristics health insurance self employed health insurance in pa benefits.
  • categorical: These are all models that have categorical variables, as it's major components.
  • random: In this procedure, the choice variable over which the optimization is achieved is seen as a random variable.
  • dummy: Starting with the two dummy variables less likely to these are the.

Modifies a noun

  • annuity: Variable annuities are different, since the payments will vary according to the market value of your investments.
  • substitution: Everything in between is treated as an SQL statement and parsed for variable substitution.
  • declaration: Also called quadruple-precision real type. void void Has no value and cannot be used for the variable declaration.

Noun used with modifier

  • predictor: Repeat the multiple regression, but this time include gender as a predictor variable in the REGRESS command.
  • environment: These environment variables may be used to control the executable's behavior.
  • integer: The integer variables LINES and COLS are defined in curses.h and will be filled in by initscr with the size of the screen.
  • shell: This is automatic if the shell variable notify is set. onintr onintr - onintr label Control the action of the shell on interrupts.
  • heap: Keywords OBJ Set this keyword to free object heap variables only.
  • instance: INSTANCE VARIABLES An anonymous array or anonymous hash can be used to hold instance variables.
variable Quotes

   O Woman! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!

—Scott, Sir Walter