Variable vs. Attribute
Variableadjective
Able to vary.
Variableadjective
Likely to vary.
Variableadjective
Marked by diversity or difference.
Variableadjective
(mathematics) Having no fixed quantitative value.
Variableadjective
(biology) Tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type.
Variablenoun
Something that is variable.
Variablenoun
Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.
Variablenoun
(mathematics) A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.
Variablenoun
(mathematics) A symbol representing a variable.
Variablenoun
(programming) A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.
Variablenoun
(astronomy) A variable star.
Variablenoun
(nautical) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
Variablenoun
Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.
Variableadjective
Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity.
Variableadjective
Liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable; fickle; unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men are variable; passions are variable.
Variablenoun
That which is variable; that which varies, or is subject to change.
Variablenoun
A quantity which may increase or decrease; a quantity which admits of an infinite number of values in the same expression; a variable quantity; as, in the equation x2 - y2 = R2, x and y are variables.
Variablenoun
A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
Variablenoun
something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation;
Variablenoun
a quantity that can assume any of a set of values
Variablenoun
a star that varies noticeably in brightness
Variablenoun
a symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity
Variableadjective
liable to or capable of change;
Variableadjective
marked by diversity or difference;
Variableadjective
(used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied;
Attributenoun
A characteristic or quality of a thing.
Attributenoun
(grammar) A word that qualifies a noun, a qualifier.
Attributenoun
(logic) That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
Attributenoun
An option or setting belonging to some object.
Attributenoun
(programming) A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.
Attributenoun
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Attributenoun
A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.
Attributeverb
To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.
Attributeverb
To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.
Attributeverb
To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to).
Attributenoun
That which is attributed; a quality which is considered as belonging to, or inherent in, a person or thing; an essential or necessary property or characteristic.
Attributenoun
Reputation.
Attributenoun
A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules.
Attributenoun
Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective.
Attributenoun
a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished;
Attributenoun
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
Attributeverb
attribute or credit to;
Attributeverb
decide as to where something belongs in a scheme;
