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'''Colloquial'''
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    a. an element, feature, or factor that is liable to vary or change<ref>https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/variable</ref>
  
 
'''Scientific'''
 
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'''Mathematics'''
 
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    a. A variable is a symbol on whose value a function, polynomial, etc., depends<ref>https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Variable.html</ref>
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Latest revision as of 01:58, 30 March 2020

Definitions

Colloquial 1. noun

    a. an element, feature, or factor that is liable to vary or change[1]

Scientific 1. noun

    a. things which are controlled and measured as part of a scientific experiment[2]
    
    b. any factor that can be changed or controlled [2]
    c. In a scientific experiment, the variable is a factor that changes[3]


Mathematics 1.

    a. A variable is a symbol on whose value a function, polynomial, etc., depends[4]

References