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  • 11variable — I adjective aberrant, alterable, capricious, changeable, changeful, erratic, faithless, fanciful, fast and loose, fickle, fitful, fluctuating, inconstant, irregular, irresponsible, mercurial, modifiable, oscillating, protean, shifting, spasmodic …

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  • 12variable — adj *changeable, protean, changeful, mutable Analogous words: *fitful, spasmodic: fickle, mercurial, unstable, *inconstant, capricious: mobile, *movable Antonyms: constant: equable …

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  • 13variable — [adj] changing, changeable capricious, changeful, fickle, fitful, flexible, fluctuating, fluid, iffy*, inconstant, irregular, mercurial, mobile, mutable, protean, shifting, shifty, slippery*, spasmodic, temperamental, ticklish, uncertain,… …

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  • 14Variable — A variable (pronEng|ˈvɛərɪəbl) is an attribute of a physical or an abstract system which may change its value while it is under observation. Examples include the height of a child, the temperature across a state, or the input to a function. This… …

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  • 15Variable — ► adjetivo 1 Que varía o puede variar. 2 Que es inestable o inconstante: ■ tiene una personalidad variable. ► sustantivo femenino 3 LÓGICA, MATEMÁTICAS Término indeterminado que, en una relación ouna función, puede ser reemplazado por diversos… …

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  • 16variable — variability, variableness, n. variably, adv. /vair ee euh beuhl/, adj. 1. apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods. 2. capable of being varied or changed; alterable: a variable time limit for completion of a… …

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  • 17Variable — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. En mathématiques et en logique, une variable marque un rôle dans une formule, un prédicat ou un algorithme. En statistiques, une variable peut aussi… …

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  • 18Variable — A value determined within the context of a model. Also called endogenous variable. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I. variable var‧i‧a‧ble 1 [ˈveəriəbl ǁ ˈver ] noun [countable] something that affects a situation in a way that… …

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  • 19variable — An element in a model. For example, in the model RS&Pt+1 = a + b T bill t + et, where RS&Pt+1 is the return on the S&P in month t+1 and T bill is the T bill return at month t, both RS&P and T bill are variables because they change through time; i …

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  • 20Variable — Unbekannte; Parameter * * * Va|ri|a|ble auch: Va|ri|ab|le 〈[ va ] f. 30〉 1. 〈Math.; Phys.〉 veränderl. Größe 2. 〈Logik〉 Symbol, das stellvertretend für Zahlen, Quantitäten, Aussagen u. Werte eines Objektbereichs steht, der diesem zugeordnet werden …

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