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User-definable variable associated with each running process in many operating systems
An environment variable is a user-definable value that can affect the way running processes will behave on a computer. Environment variables are part
Environment_variable
Computer environment variable
PATH is an environment variable on Unix-like operating systems, DOS, OS/2, and Microsoft Windows, specifying a set of directories where executable programs
PATH_(variable)
syntax for file matching. Variable completion is the completion of the name of a variable name (environment variable or shell variable). Bash, zsh, and fish
Comparison_of_command_shells
Topics referred to by the same term
scientific journal. Environment (type theory), the association between variable names and data types in type theory. Deployment environment, in software deployment
Environment
GNU replacement for the Bourne shell
separated by spaces. Environment variables are signified by all capital letters. Environment variables include UNIX variables like LESS_SIGUSR1, and
Bash_(Unix_shell)
Software interface based on commands formatted as lines of text
pseudo-environment variable named %/% to allow portable batchjobs to be written. Several external DR-DOS commands additionally support an environment variable
Command-line_interface
Hard-coded search path
DT_RUNPATH attribute does not exist. The (colon-separated) paths in the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH, unless the executable is a setuid/setgid binary
Rpath
The parameter may be set either on the command-line, or through an environment variable. Similar to the classic dynamic loading behavior, when executing
Classpath
Script file for Microsoft computer operating systems
this topic. The PATHEXT environment variable can change the aforesaid default. COMMAND.COM and cmd.exe support special variables (%0, %1 through %9) in
Batch_file
Windows environment variable containing the directory path to the command shell
COMSPEC or ComSpec is one of the environment variables used in DOS, OS/2 and Windows, which normally points to the command-line interpreter, which is
COMSPEC
Directory for storing temporary data in a computer file system
AmigaDOS T: are used. Temporary file Temporary variable Trash (computing) "Recognized Environment Variables". Microsoft. Retrieved 13 March 2022. "GetTempPath2A
Temporary_folder
Interface between Web servers and external programs
defines CGI using C, in saying that environment variables "are accessed by the C library routine getenv() or variable environ". The name CGI comes from
Common_Gateway_Interface
Software to modify a shell environment during a session
between sets of environment variable settings, often used to configure different software packages, compilers, and libraries. Environment Modules allows
Environment Modules (software)
Environment_Modules_(software)
Collection of standard, Unix-based utilities from GNU
generally provide POSIX compliant interface when the POSIXLY_CORRECT environment variable is set, but otherwise offers a superset to the standard interface
GNU_Core_Utilities
Default command line for MS-DOS and Windows 9x
files for COMMAND.COM can have four kinds of variables: Environment variables: These have the %VARIABLE% form and are associated with values with the
COMMAND.COM
Security bug in the GNU Bash shell discovered in 2014
concatenated to the end of function definitions stored in the values of environment variables. Within days of its publication, a variety of related vulnerabilities
Shellshock_(software_bug)
Shell command for reporting and running with modified environment variables
command that either reports environment variables or runs a command in a subprocess with modified environment variables. The command is provided in a
Env
User-friendly interactive Unix shell
for expanding file paths (with wildcards and brace expansion), environment variables, and command-specific completions. Command-specific completions
Fish_(Unix_shell)
Software library and database
library from files or environment variables. The TERM environment variable contains the terminal type name. The TERMCAP environment variable may contain a termcap
Termcap
UNIX environment variable
TMPDIR is the canonical environment variable in Unix and POSIX that should be used to specify a temporary directory for scratch space. Most Unix programs
TMPDIR
Default macOS terminal emulator
(Mountain Lion) and later offers choices for values of the TERM environment variable. Available options are ansi, dtterm, nsterm, rxvt, vt52, vt100, vt102
Terminal_(macOS)
Research distributed operating system
A path environment variable ($path) still exists in the rc shell (the shell mainly used in Plan 9); however, rc's path environment variable conventionally
Plan_9_from_Bell_Labs
Named container for a particular type of data
In some high-level programming languages, a variable is an abstract storage or indirection location paired with an associated symbolic name, which contains
Variable (high-level programming language)
Variable_(high-level_programming_language)
Computer programming, a variable accessible throughout a computer program
all global variables is known as the global environment or global state. In compiled languages, global variables are generally static variables, whose extent
Global_variable
Type of computer program
HOME environment variable to store settings (e.g. $HOME/.w3m for the w3m browser). The dynamic linker provides an environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH
Portable_application
System in which software component is executed
and Production are known and documented environment variables in ASP.NET Core. Depending on the defined variable, different code is executed and content
Deployment_environment
Shell for Windows NT and other operating systems
includes entered text, individual environment variables that are inherited by other processes, and all environment variable expansions On Windows XP and later
Cmd.exe
Unix access rights flag
libc was at one point vulnerable to an exploit using setuid and an environment variable that allowed executing code from untrusted shared libraries. The
Setuid
Open standard for parallelizing
consists of a set of compiler directives, library routines, and environment variables that influence run-time behavior. OpenMP is managed by the nonprofit
OpenMP
Computer terminal application programming interface
by the TERM environment variable (and, optionally for the termcap and terminfo libraries, the TERMCAP and TERMINFO environment variables, respectively)
POSIX_terminal_interface
Seasonal change of clock settings
part of ordinary system maintenance. In Unix-like systems the TZ environment variable specifies the location name, as in TZ=':America/New_York'. In many
Daylight_saving_time
Default directory for file-system operations
some shells provide a variable that contains the working-directory path. Typically, a Unix-like shell provides an environment variable named PWD. Windows
Working_directory
Process in computer science
must be the same, regardless of the build environment used. This typically involves normalizing variables that may change, such as order of input files
Reproducible_builds
Function that loads and executes a new child process
null-terminated string defining an environment variable. An environment variable has the form: name=value where name is the variable name and value is its value
Spawn_(computing)
memory allocations and frees to a file defined by the environment variable MALLOC_TRACE (if the variable is unset, describes an invalid filename, or describes
Mtrace
GNU internationalization and localization software
on GNU variants can also use the environment variable LANGUAGE instead. Its main difference from the Unix variable is that it supports multiple languages
Gettext
Concept in mathematical modeling, statistical modeling and experimental sciences
A variable is considered dependent if it depends on (or is hypothesized to depend on) an independent variable. Dependent variables are the outcome of the
Dependent and independent variables
Dependent_and_independent_variables
Words joined with underscores
programming languages like C/C++, Python, Java, PHP, as well as for environment variables. The use of underscores as word separators dates back to the late
Snake_case
Execute a file (a library function and/or a system call)
where no environment variables can be passed (execl(), execlp(), execv(), execvp()), the new process image inherits the current environment variables. The
Exec_(system_call)
Software documentation on Unix systems
man-page viewer, rather than only being readable in printed form. The environment variable MANPATH often specifies a list of directory paths to search for the
Man_page
Text that identifies an item in a computer file system
Win9x), were limited to 260 characters, or less, as defined by the environment variable MAX_PATH. For backwards compatibility with legacy applications this
Path_(computing)
Integer number that is made available to the parent of a terminated process
through IF ERRORLEVEL commands. Multiuser DOS supports a reserved environment variable %ERRORLVL% which gets automatically updated on return from applications
Exit_status
Aspect of gene expression
particular phenotypic trait and environment variable. For every genotype, phenotypic trait, and environmental variable, a different reaction norm can exist;
Reaction_norm
Method used for display options on video text terminals
the S-Lang library (version 0.99-32, June 1996) used a separate environment variable $COLORTERM to indicate whether a terminal emulator could use colors
ANSI_escape_code
command can also be influenced by a shell's environment variables. For example, an environment variable can be set to control the number of commands
History_(command)
Interpreted server-side scripting language
and may also be the text output from a program, or the value of a system variable such as the current time. The following are SSI directives from the times
Server_Side_Includes
application is a utility for accessing the .Xauthority file. The environment variable XAUTHORITY can be defined to override the name and location of that
X_Window_System_authorization
File is used to enable Domain Name Resolution under Windows
sample file (lmhosts.sam) is installed here. Note that %windir% is an environment variable pointing to the Windows installation directory, usually C:\Windows
LMHOSTS
Part of a URL that assigns values to specified parameters
script, the script may typically receive the query string as an environment variable named QUERY_STRING. A program receiving a query string can ignore
Query_string
Operating system feature that integrates dynamic libraries into a program at runtime
DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH and DYLD_PRINT_LIBRARIES environment variables. The former of the previously mentioned variables adjusts the executables' search path for
Dynamic_linker
Linker for ELF files
minor ways. To specify gold in a makefile, one sets the LD or LD environment variable to ld.gold. To specify gold through a compiler option, one can use
Gold_(linker)
Multimedia playlist file format
Windows File4=%UserProfile%\Music\short.ogg Title4=example for an Environment variable Length4=5 NumberOfEntries=4 Version=2 Unix/BSD/Linux/OS X In Unix-like
PLS_(file_format)
Text processing programming language
published. The subscript of ENVIRON is the name of an environment variable; its result is the variable's value. This is like the getenv function in various
AWK
Terminal pager available on various operating systems
(added underlining, single spacing) and John Foderaro (added -c, more environment variable history). It was first included in 3.0 BSD, and has since become
More_(command)
Technique for creating lexically scoped first class functions
function together with an environment. The environment is a mapping associating each free variable of the function (variables that are used locally, but
Closure (computer programming)
Closure_(computer_programming)
Family of IEEE standards for compatibility between operating systems
blocks. The environment variable POSIX_ME_HARDER was introduced to allow the user to force the standards-compliant behaviour. The variable name was later
POSIX
Functions of the C standard software library
if (!path) { fprintf(stderr, "PATH environment variable not found.\n"); } else { printf("PATH variable: %s\n", path); } printf("Listing current directory
C_process_control
Compiler option for C and C++ software development
CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS are either the name of environment variables or of Makefile variables that can be set to specify additional switches to be passed to
CFLAGS
Free URL data transfer client software
directory C:\Windows directory Directories specified in the PATH environment variable curl will return an error message if the remote server is using a
CURL
Computer system that provides behavior needed by running code
execution. For example, environment variables are features of many operating systems, and are part of the runtime environment; a running program can access
Runtime_system
scott/tiger@connection_string ) via environment variables ($TWO_TASK in Unix-like environments; %TWO_TASK% in Microsoft Windows environments) in local configuration
Connection_string
specified with the -e option; otherwise it is read from the FCEDIT environment variable, or, in some shells, EDITOR, with a fallback to vi or ed. Command-line
Fc_(Unix)
Software application used to develop software
An integrated development environment (IDE) is software that provides a relatively comprehensive set of features for software development. An IDE is intended
Integrated development environment
Integrated_development_environment
Standard directory in Microsoft Windows
have a %ProgramFiles(x86)% environment variable, the dirids and CSIDLs are not different between 32-bit and 64-bit environments; the APIs merely return different
Program_Files
Part of the Java Runtime Environment
loads code found on java.class.path, which maps to the CLASSPATH environment variable. The Java class loader is written in Java. It is therefore possible
Java_class_loader
Specifies initial commands run under DOS-type operating systems
x as used in Windows 95 and Windows 98. Windows Me only parses environment variables as part of its attempts to reduce legacy dependencies, but this
AUTOEXEC.BAT
Parameters defining locale in computer
LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME - cppreference.com". en.cppreference.com. "Environment Variables". pubs.opengroup.org. "ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 N610 [draft ISO/IEC 15897:1998(E)]
Locale_(computer_software)
Shell command for calculating a checksum
systems, the cksum command returns a different CRC value, unless the environment variable CMD_ENV is set to xpg4.[citation needed] The command uses the generator
Cksum
Topics referred to by the same term
abbreviation for Slashdot, a nerd-focused social news website %/%, an environment variable in DOS /a/ (disambiguation) /b/ (disambiguation) /e/ (operating system)
/_(disambiguation)
Windows browser cache folder
%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files where %USERPROFILE% is an environment variable pointing to the root directory of the logged-in user's user profile)
Temporary_Internet_Files
Data structure in DOS
pointer to the environment segment is neither 0000h nor FFFFh, programs should first try to retrieve the command line from the environment variable %CMDLINE%
Program_Segment_Prefix
Symbol for the fraction of a hundred
similarly in the FOR command. %VAR1% represents the value of an environment variable named VAR1. Thus: set PATH=c:\;%PATH% sets a new value for PATH,
Percent_sign
Free and open-source cross-platform widget toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces
Control + Shift + D shortcuts, or by setting the GTK_DEBUG=interactive environment variable. It was introduced with GTK version 3.14. Interactive debugging Real-time
GTK
Computer input/output device for users
systems the termcap or terminfo files, the stty utility, and the TERM environment variable would be used; in Data General's Business BASIC software, for example
Computer_terminal
Networking protocol for clock synchronization
for clock synchronization between computer systems over packet-switched, variable-latency data networks. In operation since before 1985, NTP is one of the
Network_Time_Protocol
Discontinued operating system
environment variables in symbolic links, which, for example, allows switching between different versions of Unix by setting the SYSTYPE environment variable
Domain/OS
modes only in limited forms, such as for current directory and environment variables. Most modern operating systems provide both a GUI and some level
Graphical_user_interface
Real-time operating system
one's alternative module directory for a MODPATH environment variable, analogous to the PATH variable in all versions, indicating the sequence of module
OS-9
Open-source container software
selector. Kubernetes provides two modes of service discovery, using environment variables or using Kubernetes DNS. Service discovery assigns a stable IP address
Kubernetes
Software library used via dynamic linking
working directory; and finally the directories specified by the PATH environment variable. Applications written for the .NET Framework (since 2002), also check
Dynamic_library
Testing environment for software development
programs or other code under development (e.g. usage of the same environment variables as, or access to an identical database to that used by, the stable
Sandbox (software development)
Sandbox_(software_development)
ports, ROM emulators, JTAG, etc. Just like in other boot loaders environment, variables are commonly configured in persistent storage to create auto boot
Common_Firmware_Environment
Software build automation tool
RELEASE_FILE = $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION) # Default target # note: variable LOGNAME comes from the environment all: echo "Hello $(LOGNAME), nothing to do by default"
Make_(software)
32-bit versions of Windows. Anyway, the command relied on %DPATH% environment variable, which can be edited with the dpath command. In the modern Windows
Dpath
Any file that contains a reference to another file or directory
other instantaneous condition. A variable or variant symbolic link has a variable name (such as username of environment specific info) embedded in its path
Symbolic_link
Features of a computer terminal beyond displaying text
uses the terminal type specified by the TERM environment variable, one of the controlling environment variables of the POSIX terminal interface. This can
Terminal_capabilities
Open source, multi-cloud application platform as a service
needs may also be specified. This process puts the credentials in an environment variable. The development of Cloud Foundry is supported by the Cloud Foundry
Cloud_Foundry
Graphics card driver for Linux
allows these GPU to support shaders-based ray tracing by using an environment variable, same as more recent hardware revisions. Radeon — AMD's main GPU
AMDgpu_(Linux_kernel_module)
Website offering Windows apps packaged for portability
used to make applications portable by handling path redirection, environment variable changes, file and directory movement, configuration file path updates
PortableApps.com
American cloud application company
employee's Google Workspace account, accessing "some Vercel environments and environment variables that were not marked as 'sensitive'". A threat actor claiming
Vercel
General-purpose programming language
removed this problem. Access to the computing environment (e.g., the program's command line, environment variables, textual explanation of error conditions)
Fortran
Program used for Secure Shell connections
confirmation from the user using the program specified by the SSH_ASKPASS environment variable, whenever ssh tries to connect. Ssh-agents can be "forwarded" onto
Ssh-agent
Topics referred to by the same term
United States S-Lang, a programming language created in 1992 LANG, environment variable in POSIX standard that sets multiple locale parameters The LANG attribute
Lang
Binary communications protocol
web server. To service an incoming request, the web server sends environment variable information and the page request to a FastCGI process over either
FastCGI
Cross-platform shell based on .NET technology
session reconnections. -PipelineVariable switch: A new ubiquitous parameter to expose the current pipeline object as a variable for programming purposes Network
PowerShell
Variables that are measurable, whether directly or indirectly
observable variables are used to infer quality of life. Observable variables to measure quality of life include wealth, employment, environment, physical
Latent and observable variables
Latent_and_observable_variables
Microsoft Windows user interface concept
In the former case, they are analogous to environment variables—in fact, many of the environment variables that are set in a user's session are defined
Special_folder
Set of rules for naming entities in source code and documentation
used for C preprocessor macros, hence known as MACRO_CASE, and for environment variables in Unix, such as BASH_VERSION in bash. Sometimes this is humorously
Naming convention (programming)
Naming_convention_(programming)
ASCII-compatible variable-width encoding of Unicode
UTF-8. UTF-8 supports all 1,112,064 valid Unicode code points using a variable-width encoding of one to four one-byte (8-bit) code units. Code points
UTF-8
Windows built-in system profiler
(CD-ROM, sound, network, etc.), and the Windows environment as well (drivers, environment variables, services, etc.). It can export this information
System_Information_(Windows)
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët in La Manche, which gets its name from the dedication of its church to St. Hilary, or alternatively from either of the places, in La Manche and Somme, called Saint-Lô. Both of the latter are named from a 6th-century St. Lauto, bishop of Coutances; his name is of variable form in the sources and uncertain etymology.North German : habitational name for someone from Sandel.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a cobbler or shoemaker, Yiddish sandler (from Hebrew sandelar, from Late Latin sandalarius, an agent derivative of sandalium ‘shoe’).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a medieval male personal name (from Latin Hilarius, a derivative of hilaris ‘cheerful’, ‘glad’, from Greek hilaros ‘propitious’, ‘joyful’). The Latin name was chosen by many early Christians to express their joy and hope of salvation, and was borne by several saints, including a 4th-century bishop of Poitiers noted for his vigorous resistance to the Arian heresy, and a 5th-century bishop of Arles. Largely due to veneration of the first of these, the name became popular in France in the forms Hilari and Hilaire, and was brought to England by the Norman conquerors.English : from the much rarer female personal name Eulalie (from Latin Eulalia, from Greek eulalos ‘eloquent’, literally well-speaking, chosen by early Christians as a reference to the gift of tongues), likewise introduced into England by the Normans. A St. Eulalia was crucified at Barcelona in the reign of the Emperor Diocletian and became the patron of that city. In England the name underwent dissimilation of the sequence -l-l- to -l-r- and the unfamiliar initial vowel was also mutilated, so that eventually the name was considered as no more than a feminine form of Hilary (of which the initial aspirate was in any case variable).
Boy/Male
Irish
Means “â€brave with a spearâ€â€ or “â€spear carrier.â€â€ The name is associated with Gearoid Fitzgerald, the 3rd Earl of Desmond (1338-98) and leader of the most powerful Norman family in late medieval Ireland. It was believed he had magical powers and is reputed to protect the environment at Lough Gur, where he had a castle in County Limerick. In one story, when a local landowner planned to drain the lake or forbid local people access to it Gearoid made his horse bolt, fatally injuring the landowner. Some even say that he is sleeping at the bottom of Lough Gur, waiting to return to the land of the living.
Boy/Male
Anglo, Australian, British, English, French, Swedish
Variable; Brave with the Spear; Spear Rule
Girl/Female
Arabic
Environment
Boy/Male
Irish
Means “â€brave with a spearâ€â€ or “â€spear carrier.â€â€ The name is associated with Gearoid Fitzgerald, the 3rd Earl of Desmond (1338-98) and leader of the most powerful Norman family in late medieval Ireland. It was believed he had magical powers and is reputed to protect the environment at Lough Gur, where he had a castle in County Limerick. In one story, when a local landowner planned to drain the lake or forbid local people access to it Gearoid made his horse bolt, fatally injuring the landowner. Some even say that he is sleeping at the bottom of Lough Gur, waiting to return to the land of the living.
Boy/Male
Anglo, British, English
Variable
Boy/Male
Australian, Vietnamese
Scenery; Environment; Something that Spreads out Limitlessly; Supports Life; Is Colorful with Trees; Grass; Flowers and Fruit
Girl/Female
Indian, Marathi
Near; Environment
Girl/Female
Biblical
According to variable songs or tunes.
Boy/Male
Irish
Means “â€brave with a spearâ€â€ or “â€spear carrier.â€â€ The name is associated with Gearoid Fitzgerald, the 3rd Earl of Desmond (1338-98) and leader of the most powerful Norman family in late medieval Ireland. It was believed he had magical powers and is reputed to protect the environment at Lough Gur, where he had a castle in County Limerick. In one story, when a local landowner planned to drain the lake or forbid local people access to it Gearoid made his horse bolt, fatally injuring the landowner. Some even say that he is sleeping at the bottom of Lough Gur, waiting to return to the land of the living.
Biblical
according to variable songs or tunes,
Boy/Male
Irish
Means “â€brave with a spearâ€â€ or “â€spear carrier.â€â€ The name is associated with Gearoid Fitzgerald, the 3rd Earl of Desmond (1338-98) and leader of the most powerful Norman family in late medieval Ireland. It was believed he had magical powers and is reputed to protect the environment at Lough Gur, where he had a castle in County Limerick. In one story, when a local landowner planned to drain the lake or forbid local people access to it Gearoid made his horse bolt, fatally injuring the landowner. Some even say that he is sleeping at the bottom of Lough Gur, waiting to return to the land of the living.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone living on (and farming) a hide of land, Old English hī(gi)d. This was a variable measure of land, differing from place to place and time to time, and seems from the etymology to have been originally fixed as the amount necessary to support one (extended) family (Old English hīgan, hīwan ‘household’). In some cases the surname is habitational, from any of the many minor places named with this word, as for example Hyde in Greater Manchester, Bedfordshire, and Hampshire.English : variant of Ide, with inorganic initial H-. Compare Herrick.Jewish (American) : Americanized spelling of Haid.
Boy/Male
Irish
Means “â€brave with a spearâ€â€ or “â€spear carrier.â€â€ The name is associated with Gearoid Fitzgerald, the 3rd Earl of Desmond (1338-98) and leader of the most powerful Norman family in late medieval Ireland. It was believed he had magical powers and is reputed to protect the environment at Lough Gur, where he had a castle in County Limerick. In one story, when a local landowner planned to drain the lake or forbid local people access to it Gearoid made his horse bolt, fatally injuring the landowner. Some even say that he is sleeping at the bottom of Lough Gur, waiting to return to the land of the living.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Sky; Enviroment
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE
Girl/Female
Teutonic American French German Latin
Hard working.
Girl/Female
English
A name derived from the fruit; also used as a beginning with Ber-.
Female
Egyptian
, a XVIIIth dynasty royal lady or consort.
Girl/Female
Norse Celtic Scandinavian
From Britain.
Girl/Female
Latin
Fortunate one. Feminine of Faustus.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Indraja | இநà¯à®¤à¯à®°à®œà®¾
Daughter of Indra
Girl/Female
Muslim
Nice, Beautiful, Radiant
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Delighted content
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon
Name of a king.
Male
German
Low German form of Old High German Dietrich, TEDERICH means "first of the people; king of nations."
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE
n.
The power possessed by living organisms, both animal and vegetable, of adapting themselves to modifications or changes in their environment, thus possibly giving rise to ultimate variation of structure or function.
n.
The tendency to undergo change, characteristic of both animal and vegetable organisms, and not restrained or cheked by the environment.
n.
Hence, the confines; the outer part; the environment.
n.
The general aspect or habit of a species, or group of species, esp. with reference to its adaptation to its environment.
n.
That which is variable; that which varies, or is subject to change.
prep.
The specific signification of in is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying being, resting, or moving within limits, or within circumstances or conditions of any kind conceived of as limiting, confining, or investing, either wholly or in part. In its different applications, it approaches some of the meanings of, and sometimes is interchangeable with, within, into, on, at, of, and among.
prep.
With reference to movement or tendency toward a certain limit or environment; -- sometimes equivalent to into; as, to put seed in the ground; to fall in love; to end in death; to put our trust in God.
a.
Liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable; fickle; unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men are variable; passions are variable.
n.
The quality or state of being variable; variability.
n.
Modified evolution, in which nonprimitive characters make their appearance in consequence of a secondary adaptation of the embryo to the peculiar conditions of its environment; -- distinguished from palingenesis.
prep.
To denote association in respect of situation or environment; hence, among; in the company of.
a.
Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity.
n.
That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions, influences, or forces, by which living forms are influenced and modified in their growth and development.
adv.
In a variable manner.
n.
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.
a.
Changeable; uncertain; inconstant; variable.
n.
The theory that structural variations, characteristic of species and genera, are produced in animals and plants by the direct influence of physical environments, and esp., in the case of animals, by effort, or by use or disuse of certain organs.
a.
Varying in from, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.
a.
Liable to be turned in opinion; changeable; variable; unsteady; inconstant; as versatile disposition.
n.
Act of environing; state of being environed.