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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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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