Noun: variable
| Singular | variable |
| Plural | variables |
Sample Sentences
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There are several variables to consider here.
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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. [2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:]
Nouns inflected like variable
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed into Middle English in the 14th century from Old French variable, from Latin variare (“to change”), from varius (“different, various”). Equates to English vary + -able. See: Latin Nouns '
variare'.
Verbs referencing "variable"
Finnish Nouns
variaabeli.