Variable and Accommodating

noun

• Something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation.
  • usage: "the weather is one variable to be considered"
• A quantity that can assume any of a set of values.
  • synonyms: variable quantity
• A star that varies noticeably in brightness.
  • synonyms: variable star
• A symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity.

adjective

• Liable to or capable of change.
  • usage: "rainfall in the tropics is notoriously variable"; "variable winds"; "variable expenses"
• Marked by diversity or difference.
  • usage: "the varying angles of roof slope"; "nature is infinitely variable"
  • synonyms: varying
• Used of a device) designed so that a property (as e. G. Light) can be varied. (
  • usage: "a variable capacitor"; "variable filters in front of the mercury xenon lights"

• (n.) Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.
• (n.) That which is variable; that which varies or is subject to change.
• (a.) Liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable; fickle; unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men are variable; passions are 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.
• (a.) Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity.
• (n.) A shifting wind or one that varies in force.

Variable is an element in a model. For example, in the model RS&Pt+1 = a + b Tbill t + et, where RS&Pt+1 is the return on the S&P in month t+1 and Tbill is the Tbill return at month t, both RS&P and Tbill are "variables" because they change through time; i. E., they are not constant.

verb

• Be agreeable or acceptable to.
  • usage: "This suits my needs"
  • synonyms: suit, accommodate, fit
• Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.
  • usage: "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
  • synonyms: adapt, accommodate
• Provide with something desired or needed.
  • usage: "Can you accommodate me with a rental car"
  • synonyms: accommodate
• Have room for; hold without crowding.
  • usage: "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people"; "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people"
  • synonyms: accommodate, hold, admit
• Provide housing for.
  • usage: "We are lodging three foreign students this semester"
  • synonyms: lodge, accommodate
• Provide a service or favor for someone.
  • usage: "We had to oblige him"
  • synonyms: oblige, accommodate
• Make (one thing) compatible with (another. )
  • usage: "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories"
  • synonyms: accommodate, reconcile, conciliate

adjective

• Helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation.
  • usage: "the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in"; "made a special effort to be accommodating"
  • synonyms: accommodative
• Obliging; willing to do favors.
  • usage: "made a special effort to be accommodating"

• (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Accommodate.
• (a.) Affording or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; as an accommodating man, spirit, arrangement.