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VARIATE
Etymology
Noun
variate (plural variates)
A measurable quantity capable of taking on a number of values.
A variable, often the set of x values plotted on a graph.
The measured magnitude of a variable.
Verb
variate (third-person singular simple present variates, present participle variating, simple past and past participle variated)
(ambitransitive) To alter; to vary; to make or become different.
Source: Wiktionary
Va"ri*ate, v. t. & i. Etym: [L. variatus, p. p. of variare. See Vary.]
Definition: To alter; to make different; to vary.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OBLIQUE
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
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