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1.nounA unit of electrical power, in an AC circuit, equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
2.nounSomething that is variable.
3.nounSomething whose value may be dictated or discovered."There are several variables to consider here."
4.nounA quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.
5.nounA symbol representing a variable.
6.nounA named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.
7.nounA variable star.
8.nounA shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
9.noun(in the plural) Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.
10.nounThe act of varying or the state of being variable.
11.nounA difference between what is expected and what is observed; deviation.
12.nounThe state of differing or being in conflict.
13.nounAn official permit to do something that is ordinarily forbidden by regulations.
14.nounA discrepancy between two legal documents.
15.nounA departure from a cause of action originally in a complaint.
16.nounThe second central moment in probability.
17.nounThe number of degrees of freedom in a system.
18.nounCovariance and contravariance generally."Depending on the variance of the type constructor, the subtyping relation of the simple types may be either preserved, reversed, or ignored for the respective complex types."