adj.
- not consistent or having a fixed pattern; liable to vary.
▸Mathematics (of a quantity) able to assume different numerical values.
▸Botany & Zoology (of a species) liable to deviate from the typical colour or form, or to occur in different colours or forms.
- able to be changed or adapted.
▸(of a gear) designed to give varying ratios or speeds.
n.
a variable factor or quantity.
▸Astronomy a star whose brightness changes (regularly or irregularly).
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(variables)
the region of light, variable winds to the north of the NE trade winds or (in the southern hemisphere) between the SE trade winds and the westerlies.
Derivative
- variability n.
- variableness n.
- variably adv.
