DIMENSIONS: MEASURE / Proportion
R E F E R E N C E S
1Variable adj [ME, fr. MF, fr. L variabilis, fr. variare to vary] [14c] 1a: able or apt to vary: subject to variation or changes [ __ winds] [__ costs] b: Fickle, Inconstant 2: characterized by variations 3: having the characteristics of a variable 4: not true to type: Aberrant -used of a biological group or character -variabiity n -variableness n -variably adv
2 Variable n [1816] 1a: a quantity that may assume any one of a set of values b: a symbol representing a variable 2: something that is variable 3: variable star
[Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th Edition. Springfield, MA, USA: Merriam-Webster, Inc. 1995.]
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