mutable
mutable
Definition
mu·table (myo̵̅o̅t′ə bəl)
adjective
- that can be changed
- tending to frequent change; inconstant; fickle
- subject to mutation
Etymology: ME < L mutabilis, changeable < mutare, to change: see miss
mu′·tabil′·ity noun or mu′·table·ness
mu′·tably adverb
mutable
Synonyms
mutable
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- matrix: The function returns a mutable matrix which gives the basis of the image of the subspace in Hermite normal form.
- sign: The mutable signs are concerned with people, thus the name common.
- object: Mutable objects rarely account for more than 25 % of the objects in a database.
- sequence: A string buffer implements a mutable sequence of characters.
- basis: Note that vectors will in general not be the basis vectors of the mutable basis!
- list: Objects may change their representation, for example a mutable list of characters can be converted into a string.
Modifying Another Word
- not: Some models are not mutable, so a transfer operation of COPY only should be advertised in that case.
- infinitely: The Infobahn carries digital information: and digital information is infinitely mutable.
- also: But, at the same time, the Lord Jesus was also mutable in relation to his human nature.
- highly: His research was initially on highly mutable genes in plants, an interest he pursued throughout most of his research career.
- very: One main reason is that the virus is very mutable, and can readily mutate to escape immune detection.
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