different between variable vs abnormal

English

Etymology

Borrowed into Middle English in the 14th century from Old French variable, from Latin variare (“to change”), from varius (“different, various”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?v???.i.?.bl?/
• (US, Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA^(key): /?væ?.i.?.bl?/
• (US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /?v??.i.?.bl?/

Adjective

variable (comparative more variable, superlative most variable)

1. Able to vary or be varied.

2. Likely to vary.
3. Marked by diversity or difference.
4. (mathematics) Having no fixed quantitative value.
5. (biology) Tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type.

Synonyms

• (able to vary): alterable, flexible, changeable, mutable; see also Thesaurus:mutable
• (likely to vary): fickle, fluctuating, inconstant, shifting, unstable, unsteady; see also Thesaurus:unsteady or Thesaurus:changeable
• (marked by diversity or difference): varying; see also Thesaurus:heterogeneous
• (biology: tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type): aberrant

Antonyms

• (able to vary): constant, invariable, immutable, unalterable, unchangeable; see also Thesaurus:immutable
• (likely to vary): constant, invariable, immutable, unchangeable see also Thesaurus:steady or Thesaurus:changeless
• (marked by diversity or difference): unchanging; see also Thesaurus:homogeneous
• (mathematics: having no fixed quantitative value): constant, invariable

Derived terms

• variability
• variableness

Translations

Noun

variable (plural variables)

1. Something that is variable.
2. Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.

3. (mathematics) A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.
4. (mathematics) A symbol representing a variable.
5. (programming) A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.
6. (astronomy) A variable star.
7. (nautical) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
8. (nautical, in the plural) Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.

Synonyms

• (something that is variable): changeable
• (something whose value may be dictated or discovered): parameter
• (mathematics: a quantity that may assume any one of a set of values): variable quantity; see also Thesaurus:variable

Antonyms

• (something that is variable): constant, invariable

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

• variable star

Translations

See also

• argument
• variate

Further reading

• variable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• variable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• variable at OneLook Dictionary Search

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin vari?bilis.

Adjective

variable (epicene, plural variables)

1. variable (able to vary)
2. variable (likely to vary)

Noun

variable f (plural variables)

1. (mathematics) variable (a quantity that may assume any one of a set of values)

Related terms

• variación
• variar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin vari?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /v?.?i?a.bl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /b?.?i?a.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /va.?i?a.ble/

Adjective

variable (masculine and feminine plural variables)

1. variable (able to vary)

   Antonym: invariable

2. variable (likely to vary)

   Antonym: invariable

3. (mathematics) variable (having no fixed quantitative value)

Derived terms

• invariable
• variabilitat
• variablement

Noun

variable f (plural variables)

1. variable (something that is variable)
2. (mathematics) variable (a quantity that may assume any one of a set of values)

Related terms

• invariable
• variació
• variar

Further reading

• “variable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “variable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “variable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “variable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Adjective

variable

1. plural and definite singular attributive of variabel

Noun

variable

1. indefinite plural of variabel

French

Etymology

From Latin variabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.?jabl/

Adjective

variable (plural variables)

1. variable

   Antonym: invariable

Derived terms

• variablement

Noun

variable f (plural variables)

1. variable

Derived terms

• variable de classe

Related terms

• variation
• varier

Further reading

• “variable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• balivera

Galician

Alternative forms

• variábel

Etymology

From Latin vari?bilis.

Adjective

variable m or f (plural variables)

1. variable, changeable

Antonyms

• invariable

Noun

variable f (plural variables)

1. variable

Related terms

• variación
• variar

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

variable

1. definite singular of variabel
2. plural of variabel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

variable

1. definite singular of variabel
2. plural of variabel

Spanish

Adjective

variable (plural variables)

1. variable

Noun

variable f (plural variables)

1. variable

Derived terms

• variable dependiente
• variable independiente

Swedish

Adjective

variable

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of variabel.

Anagrams

• variabel

English

Alternative forms

• anormal
• (obsolete) abnormous

Etymology

From ab- +? normal. First attested in 1835, replacing the earlier anormal and even earlier abnormous, from Latin abnormis (“departing from normal”), from either (ab- (“away from”) + norma (“rule, norm”)), or Ancient Greek ???????? (an?malos).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb?n??.ml?/, /?b?n??.ml?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)m?l

Adjective

abnormal (comparative more abnormal, superlative most abnormal)

1. Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type. [First attested around the mid 19^th century.]
2. Of or pertaining to that which is irregular, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health. [First attested around the early 20^th century.]

Synonyms

• (not conforming to rule or system; deviating from type): aberrant, anomalous, atypical, exceptional, extraordinary, irregular, preternatural, strange, unusual.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: abnormal

Translations

Noun

abnormal (plural abnormals)

1. A person or object that is not normal.

References

Cebuano

Etymology

From English abnormal.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ab?nor?mal

Adjective

abnormal

1. abnormal; deviating from the usual or normal type
2. retarded; having mental retardation; mentally deficient
3. stupid; lacking in intelligence

Noun

abnormal

1. a retard
2. a stupid person

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:abnormal.

Derived terms

• abno
• abnoy

German

Etymology

Related to Latin ab- and normal

Pronunciation

Adjective

abnormal (comparative abnormaler, superlative am abnormalsten)

1. abnormal

Declension

Related terms

• Abnormalität

Further reading

• “abnormal” in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English abnormal, from Latin abn?rmis (“departing from normal”), from both ab- (“away from, off”), from ab (“from, away from, of”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h?epó (“off, away”), and from n?rma (“norm, standard; rule, precept”) (with the suffix -is), from Etruscan, from Ancient Greek ?????? (gn?m?n, “examiner, carpenter's square”), from ???????? (gign?sk?, “I am aware of”) (with the suffix -??? (-m?n, “I am aware of”), from Proto-Indo-European *-m?), from Proto-Indo-European *?i?neh?- (with the suffix -??? (-sk?), from Proto-Indo-European *-s?éti), from Proto-Indo-European *?neh?- (“to know”). Equivalent to abnorm +? -al, suffix from French -al (“-al”), from Middle French, from Old French -al, from Latin -?lis, from Proto-Indo-European *-li-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abn?r?m??l/
• Rhymes: -??l
• Hyphenation: ab?nor?mal

Adjective

abnormal (neuter singular abnormalt, definite singular and plural abnormale, comparative mer abnormal, superlative mest abnormal)

1. abnormal (not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.)

   abnormal psykologi

   abnormal psychology

   Synonyms: anormal, unormal, uvanlig, usedvanlig, ualminnelig, overordentlig

   Antonyms: normal, vanlig, ordinær, gjennomsnittlig

References

• “abnormal” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abnormal” in Store norske leksikon