Variable
nounid
5158·updated May 18, 2026verified
A variable is a characteristic of a unit being observed that may assume more than one of a set of values to which a numerical measure or a category from a classification can be assigned.
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Classifications
Entity Type
Data72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Variables
- possessive
- Variable's
- pluralpossessive
- Variables'
Framework definitions
- §1
- Quantity or data item whose value can change
- §1
- A variable is a characteristic of a unit being observed that may assume more than one of a set of values to which a numerical measure or a category from a classification can be assigned.
- §1
- a quantity that can assume any of a set of values
- §2
- a symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity
- §3
- something that is likely to vary
- §4
- a star that varies noticeably in brightness
- §1 · legacy_primary
- A variable is a characteristic of a unit being observed that may assume more than one of a set of values to which a numerical measure or a category from a classification can be assigned.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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