vâr'ē-ə-bəl, văr'-
Unable to be predicted.
Displaying or marked by a lack of consistency, especially:
The permissible deviation from a specified value of a structural dimension, often expressed as a percent.
Inconstant in purpose, or volatile in behaviour.
The definition of fickle is changing your mind easily and often.
The act or manner of using a card, piece, or ball in a game or sport:
Sudden change, movement, or development, as if by leaping
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varia
A miscellany, especially of literary works.
Variance is a discrepancy, difference or deviation, or an official exception to do something different from the current rule.
(Music) A form that is an altered version of a given theme, diverging from it by melodic ornamentation and by changes in harmony, rhythm, or key.
Capable of being changed, changeable, mutable
The definition of changeable is something that can be altered, or is something that may change appearance or format.
Quick and changeable in temperament; volatile:
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Changeable; inclined to mutate.
Not constant; changeable
Having or exhibiting variation; varying:
The definition of uncertain is not definite or not confirmed.
Wavering or fickle:
Of, relating to, or being an odd number.
The property of being versatile or having many different abilities; flexibility.
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marked by diversity or difference
Like a fluid; that can change rapidly or easily; not settled or fixed
Uncertain or doubtful:
Having a broad range (of different elements).
Playful or fanciful, especially in a humorous way:
Of or characteristic of a vagrant
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(Biology) One of the forms of a polymorphic organism.
A star whose actual or observed brightness varies periodically. These changes can occur with varying degrees of regularity and intensity, over times ranging from a fraction of a second to many years. Intrinsic variation occurs because of changes of the star itself, often due to internal vibration or eruptions, or to influx of nearby material. Cepheids and novae are examples of intrinsically variable stars. Extrinsic variation in a star's observed brightness that does not reflect physical changes in the star also occur, as when a darker star periodically eclipses a brighter star in an eclipsing binary system, or with the rotation of a star.
The definition of capricious is someone or something that is subject to sudden, unpredictable changes.
Having no fixed course or purpose; irregular; random; wandering
(Mathematics) A sequence that alternates between positive and negative values. (Sometimes wrongly used to mean a permutation.)
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The composition of a group with respect to race, gender, etc.
The quality or state of being heterogeneous.
A measure of relative position north or south on the Earth's surface, measured in degrees from the equator, which has a latitude of 0°, with the poles having a latitude of 90° north and south. The distance of a degree of latitude is about 69 statute miles or 60 nautical miles (111 km). Latitude and longitude are the coordinates that together identify all positions on the Earth's surface.
(Countable) A miscellaneous collection of different things; a miscellany.
A change, as in form, nature, qualities, etc.
A slight or delicate variation in tone, color, meaning, etc.; shade of difference
The result of such a process; a rearrangement or recombination of elements:
To divide up (investments, liabilities, etc.) among different companies, securities, etc.
To have a range of different qualities or amounts:
Uneven in occurrence or succession; variable or erratic
Very sensitive or easily upset; touchy
Seemingly impossible; incredible
Forming or like patches
Having, occurring in, or marked with spots
The act or process of modifying or the condition of being modified.
variable quantity
a quantity that can assume any of a set of values
chameleonic
Resembling a chameleon: readily changing color or other attributes
(Programming, of a function) able to take multiple data types
Unsure of how to act or proceed; undecided.
allotropic
Of or characterized by allotropy
Alternately having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite.
changeable. changeable
Relating to or containing people from different ethnicities and social backgrounds:
Shared by or involving many
Comprising several interleaved parts
omnigenous
Subject to changing and unpredictable emotional states; moody, capricious; sometimes used figuratively to describe user-unfriendly or unstable machines or software that are either complicated and/or have poorly written instructions and are subsequently difficult to operate.
Of, relating to, or produced by a kaleidoscope.
Having, or assuming, a variety of forms, characters, or styles; as, a polymorphous author.
Exhibiting considerable variety or diversity:
Of or like mercury
Having the appearance of someone dishonest, criminal or unreliable; such as someone with shifty eyes.
Relating to, affected by, or having the character of a spasm; convulsive.
Not the same in any measurable aspect, such as extent or quantity.
Fluctuating; being in doubt; undetermined; indecisive; uncertain; unsteady.
(Mathematics) constant.
Not to be altered; immutable:
Remaining the same; showing or undergoing no change:
variables
Following no predictable pattern
Following no predictable pattern
(Computing) An identifier that is bound to an invariant value; a fixed value given a name to aid in readability of source code.
The definition of control is power to direct, or an accepted comparison model in an experiment, or a device used for regulation.
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