mutable
(adjective) tending to undergo genetic mutuation; āIt is likely, too, that the chromosomes of all eubacteria are as mutable as that of E. coliā
mutable, changeable
(adjective) capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature; āa mutable substanceā; āmutable weather patternsā; āa mutable foreign policyā
mutable
(adjective) prone to frequent change; inconstant; āthe fickle and mutable nature of truthā; āthe mutable ways of fortuneā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• immutable
mutable (plural mutables)
Something mutable; a variable or value that can change.
• muteable
• 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
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
