noun
- A unit of electrical power, in an AC circuit, equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
noun
- Something that is variable.
- Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.
- A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.
- A symbol representing a variable.
- A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.
- A variable star.
- A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
- (in the plural) Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.
Synonyms: variable quantity, changeable, parameter
noun
- The act of varying or the state of being variable.
- A difference between what is expected and what is observed; deviation.
- The state of differing or being in conflict.
- An official permit to do something that is ordinarily forbidden by regulations.
- A discrepancy between two legal documents.
- A departure from a cause of action originally in a complaint.
- The second central moment in probability.
- The number of degrees of freedom in a system.
- Covariance and contravariance generally.
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