plural of state variable

(of an aircraft) Having the ability to adjust the shape / configuration of its wings whilst in flight

plural of slack variable

(mathematics) In an optimization problem, a variable added to an inequality constraint to transform it into an equality.

(typography) A digital font whose design features can be freely adjusted in a cline via the manipulation of various axes, such as the "weight axis" or "height axis".

(astronomy) an RR Lyrae variable; a type of variable star commonly (but not exclusively) found in globular clusters

plural of pattern variable

(sociology) Any of a set of contrasting pairs of characteristics said to be associated with various kinds of social interaction: affectivity – affective neutrality; self-orientation – collectivity-orientation; universalism – particularism; ascription – achievement; and specificity – diffusity.

M31-V1: A star, a cepheid variable in Andromeda Galaxy, Local Group, Local Supercluster, Laniakea, located in the Andromeda constellation; the first variable star discovered outside the Milky Way Galaxy, and first star identified whose distance was unequivocably beyond the confines of the Milky Way.

plural of variable font