mutable

The definition of mutable is a person or thing that changes or can be changed, or changes often.

(adjective)

  1. An example of mutable is eye color changed by contact lenses.
  2. An example of mutable is weather.

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See mutable in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

  1. that can be changed
  2. tending to frequent change; inconstant; fickle
  3. subject to mutation

Origin: ME < L mutabilis, changeable < mutare, to change: see miss

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See mutable in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. a. Capable of or subject to change or alteration.
    b. Prone to frequent change; inconstant: mutable weather patterns.
  2. Tending to undergo genetic mutation: a mutable organism; a mutable gene.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Latin mūtābilis

Origin: , from mūtāre, to change; see mutate

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Related Forms:

  • muˌta·bilˈi·ty noun
  • muˈta·bly adverb

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