Definition
variable: changeable, unstable, fluctuating, flexible
a variable (in an experiment, in mathematics): an aspect or factor (in an experiment) that can be changed; a number (in mathematics) that can have several different values
- "If you were to consolidate your loans now with a fixed rate, you'd be paying more interest than you are with your variable rate."
- "When we agreed to the terms of those loans, all of those rates were supposed to be fixed, not variable."
- "In any case, you were under the impression that those rates were fixed, but they are in fact variable."
- "Young Icarus : Buh, I'm so sorry Mr. Romanonovitch, but it's just that the non-negative variables you suggested for use of X and X squared were a bit more difficult to manipulate than I expected!"
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