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A unit of electrical power, in an AC circuit, equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
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Something that is variable.
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Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.
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There are several variables to consider here.
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A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.
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A symbol representing a variable.
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A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.
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A variable star.
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A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
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(in the plural) Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.
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The act of varying or the state of being variable.
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A difference between what is expected and what is observed; deviation.
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The state of differing or being in conflict.
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An official permit to do something that is ordinarily forbidden by regulations.
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A discrepancy between two legal documents.
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A departure from a cause of action originally in a complaint.
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The second central moment in probability.
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The number of degrees of freedom in a system.
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Covariance and contravariance generally.
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Depending on the variance of the type constructor, the subtyping relation of the simple types may be either preserved, reversed, or ignored for the respective complex types.