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How to pronounce variable in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms variable star
Type of star
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Synonyms variable quantity
Type of quantity
Has types chance variable, correlate, correlative, degree of freedom, dependent variable, experimental variable, independent variable, infinitesimal, argument, predictor variable, random variable, scalar, stochastic variable, tensor, variant, variate, vector
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Synonyms varying
Derivation variableness, vary, variability


nature is infinitely variable.
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Type of symbol
Has types unknown, unknown quantity, placeholder
Type Words
Derivation variability, variableness, vary


rainfall in the tropics is notoriously variable.
variable winds.
variable expenses.
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Type of thing


the weather is one variable to be considered.
Type Words
Derivation variability, variableness


a variable capacitor.
variable filters in front of the mercury xenon lights.

Examples of variable

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Variable rates on mortgages are higher and, for many, mortgages are unavailable.
From the businessweek.com
Students will explore ways to write math sentences with variable and operations.
From the DesMoinesRegister.com
The growth is passed on to investors as MLPs have variable dividends, not fixed.
From the forbes.com
Ken Mann suggested using a variable interest rate, rather than a flat 1 percent.
From the thenewstribune.com
You will pay a premium over the standard variable rate in order to fix the loan.
From the dailytelegraph.com.au
Our sense of identity is more variable, while our sense of privacy is expanding.
From the time.com
One of those conditions is if the card carries a variable indexed interest rate.
From the ocregister.com
Ngelale modified her variable-rate loan to five years of interest-only payments.
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Some variable annuities are reasonably good deals, provided their costs are low.
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  • Something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation; "the weather is one variable to be considered"
  • Liable to or capable of change; "rainfall in the tropics is notoriously variable"; "variable winds"; "variable expenses"
  • A quantity that can assume any of a set of values
  • Varying: marked by diversity or difference; "the varying angles of roof slope"; "nature is infinitely variable"
  • (used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied; "a variable capacitor"; "variable filters in front of the mercury xenon lights"
  • Variable star: a star that varies noticeably in brightness
  • A variable is a symbol that stands for a value that may vary; the term usually occurs in opposition to constant, which is a symbol for a non-varying value, i.e. completely fixed or fixed in the context of use. ...
  • In computer programming, a variable is a symbolic name given to some known or unknown quantity or value, for the purpose of allowing the name to be used independently of the value it represents. ...
  • "The Variable" is the 14th television episode of the fifth season of Lost, and the 100th episode overall. It originally aired on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States on April 29, 2009. The hundredth episode milestone was celebrated by cast and crew on location in Hawaii. ...