Variable

va'ri-a-bl, adj. that may be varied: changeable: liable to change: unsteady.— a. {math.) a quantity subject to continual increase or decrease a quantity which may have an infinite number of values in the same expre ion.— adv. Va'riably.— ns. Va'ri able ne , Variabil ity. [Fi.—L. variabihs. See Vary Variance. va'ri-ans, n. state of being varied ail alteration a change of condition difference that arises from or produces dispute --At varlanoe. in disagreement. [L. van us, speckled, mottled, varied.] Variant, v.Vn-ant, U. a variety. Variation, -ri-a's hun, n. a varying a change change from one to another succe ive change the extent to which a thing varies: [grant change of termination [runs.) a manner of singing or playing the same air with various changes in time, rhythm, or key. [Fr.— L. variatio. See Va^.j Varicose, vui'i-kor, varicous, var'i-kus, adj permanently dilated or enlarged, as a vein. [L. 7'ancosus, full of dilated veins— varix, a dilated vein— varus, bent, crooked- Variegate, va'ri-e-gat, v to mark with different colours. —». Variega'tion. [L. var leg at us— n/irius, various, ago, to make.]