MUTABLE

mutable

(adjective) tending to undergo genetic mutuation; “It is likely, too, that the chromosomes of all eubacteria are as mutable as that of E. coli”

mutable, changeable

(adjective) capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature; “a mutable substance”; “mutable weather patterns”; “a mutable foreign policy”

mutable

(adjective) prone to frequent change; inconstant; “the fickle and mutable nature of truth”; “the mutable ways of fortune”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

mutable (comparative more mutable, superlative most mutable)

Changeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to change, evolve, mutate.

(programming, of a variable) Having a value that is changeable during program execution.

Antonyms

• immutable

Noun

mutable (plural mutables)

Something mutable; a variable or value that can change.

Homophones

• muteable

Anagrams

• atumble

Source: Wiktionary


Mu"ta*ble, a. Etym: [L. mutabilis, fr. mutare to change. See Move.]

1. Capable of alteration; subject to change; changeable in form, qualities, or nature. Things of the most accidental and mutable nature. South.

2. Changeable; inconstant; unsettled; unstable; fickle. "Most mutable wishes." Byron.

Syn.

– Changeable; alterable; unstable; unsteady; unsettled; wavering; inconstant; variable; fickle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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