Index of English words, starting with "va"

(1) - Variability (n.) The power possessed by living organisms, both animal and vegetable, of adapting themselves to modifications or changes in their environment, thus possibly giving rise to ultimate variation of structure or function.
(2) - Variability (n.) The quality or state of being variable; variableness.

(1) - Variable (n.) Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.
(2) - Variable (n.) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
(3) - Variable (n.) A quantity which may increase or decrease; a quantity which admits of an infinite number of values in the same expression; a variable quantity; as, in the equation x2 - y2 = R2, x and y are variables.
(4) - Variable (n.) That which is variable; that which varies, or is subject to change.
(5) - Variable (a.) Liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable; fickle; unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men are variable; passions are variable.
(6) - Variable (a.) Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity.

(1) - Variably (adv.) In a variable manner.