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variable
adjective
changing
or
likely
to
change
so
that
it
is
not
always
the
same
•
Spring
weather
in
the
mountains
is
famously
variable
,
swinging
from
sunshine
to
snow
in
a
single
day
.
Spring
weather
in
the
mountains
is
famously
variable
,
swinging
from
sunshine
to
snow
in
a
single
day
.
•
The
loan
offers
a
variable
interest
rate
that
can
go
up
or
down
each
year
.
The
loan
offers
a
variable
interest
rate
that
can
go
up
or
down
each
year
.
Late
Middle
English
,
from
French
‘
variable
’,
from
Latin
‘
variabilis
’
meaning
‘
changeable
’,
from
‘
variare
’ ‘
to
change
’.
noun
a
factor
,
quantity
,
or
symbol
that
can
change
,
especially
a
letter
representing
an
unknown
number
in
mathematics
or
something
that
can
be
altered
in
an
experiment
•
In
the
equation
2x
+
3
=
11
,
the
letter
x
is
the
variable
you
must
solve
for
.
In
the
equation
2x
+
3
=
11
,
the
letter
x
is
the
variable
you
must
solve
for
.
•
Temperature
was
the
only
variable
in
the
experiment
;
everything
else
stayed
the
same
.
Temperature
was
the
only
variable
in
the
experiment
;
everything
else
stayed
the
same
.
Borrowed
from
medieval
Latin
‘
variabilis
’
in
the
mathematical
sense
in
the
late
17th
century
,
extending
the
earlier
adjective
meaning
to
a
noun
for
things
that
can
change
.
