English Dictionary

variable

/ˈvɛə.ɹi.ə.bl̩/

noun

Something that is variable. / Something whose value may be dictated or discovered. / (mathematics) A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values. / (mathematics) A symbol representing a variable.

The weather in this city is a variable.

意味（1）

Something that is variable.

意味（2）

Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.

Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.

意味（3）

(mathematics) A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.

意味（4）

(mathematics) A symbol representing a variable.

意味（5）

(programming) A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.

意味（6）

(astronomy) A variable star.

意味（7）

(nautical) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.

意味（8）

(nautical, in the plural) Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.