variable
US: /ˈvɛɹiəbəɫ/
UK: /vˈeəɹɪəbəl/
UK: /vˈeəɹɪəbəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
variable /'veəriəbl/
- tính từ
- có thể thay đổi
- hay thay đổi; thay đổi, biến thiên
- variable length: chiều dài thay đổi
- variable function: hàm số biến thiên
- variable flow: dòng chảy biến thiên
- variable wind: gió hay thay đổi
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (địa lý,địa chất) variable zone ôn đới
- danh từ
- (toán học) biến số
- (hàng hải) gió thay đổi
- (số nhiều) (hàng hải) vùng (biển) không có gió thường xuyên
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, noun
+ adjective
1 often changing; likely to change: variable rainfall / temperature + The acting is of variable quality (= some of it is good and some of it is bad).
Compare: INVARIABLE
2 able to be changed: The drill has variable speed control. + variable lighting
variably adverb
+ noun
a situation, number or quantity that can vary or be varied: With so many variables to consider, it is difficult to calculate the cost. + The temperature remained constant while pressure was a variable in the experiment.
Antonym: CONSTANT
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
changeable, protean, changing, inconstant, varying, wavering, mercurial, fickle, capricious, unsteady, unfixed, unstable, uncertain, undependable, unpredictable, fluctuating, vacillating, mutable, chameleonic, chameleon-like:
The weather can be quite variable depending on the season.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be, seem | become
ADV.
extremely, highly, very, widely
Polar habitats are harsh and highly variable.
| infinitely
These systems are infinitely variable.
| increasingly | quite, slightly, somewhat
PREP.
in
variable in shape
Concise English dictionary
variables'verɪəbl /'veər-
noun
+something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation
+a quantity that can assume any of a set of values
+a star that varies noticeably in brightness
+a symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity
adj.
+liable to or capable of change
+marked by diversity or difference
+(used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied
