What's the difference between immutable and variable?

Immutable


Definition:

  • (a.) Not mutable; not capable or susceptible of change; unchangeable; unalterable.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The finding that spontaneous changes in this dimension are relatively common raises the possibility that classical attitudes concerning the immutability of osseous relationships in the symphyseal region during growth may be inappropriate.
  • (2) This indicates that the immutability of the condylar path under varying clinical conditions is questionable.
  • (3) We do a disservice to the cause of justice by intimating that bias and discrimination are immutable, or that racial division is inherent to America.
  • (4) The plaque is not a static immutable structure, but is subjected to growth with consequent stenosis of the lumen and continuing modification and remodelling which involve all the 3 coats of the arterial wall.
  • (5) Such events are quite discordant with classical cytogenetic theories, which assume all chromosome rearrangements to require at least two breaks and consider centromeres and telomeres as immutable structures rather than structures determined by mutable DNA sequences.
  • (6) SI neuron functional properties conventionally regarded as immutable [e.g., directional selectivity, and distribution of sensitivity within the receptive field (RF)] also modify with repetitive stimulation.
  • (7) It is an immutable law of economics that the rich have to keep getting richer, otherwise the whole system collapses and then what happens?
  • (8) It is apparent that there is no immutable evidence to date to indicate that cholecystokinin cholecystography is an accurate technique to determine which patients in this category will benefit from cholecystectomy.
  • (9) In other words, we have not settled immutably on one system because we are still searching for the best.
  • (10) Even if that is true, No 10 knows there is one immutable fact.
  • (11) The concept of blood-brain barrier has moved over the past years from a passive and relatively immutable structure to a more dynamic interface between blood and brain tissue.
  • (12) Although both rad mutants are immutable to about the same extent, the rad9 strains tend to be less sensitive to the lethal effect of chemical mutagens than rad6 strains.
  • (13) Our mission is to persuade them to do so.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tony Blair compares Brexit to a bad house swap He argued people’s opinions were not immutable and debate about the wisdom of Brexit should not be stifled.
  • (14) Our experiments suggest that beta-receptor expression does not follow an immutable program, but may be regulated by density-dependent cell-cell interactions.
  • (15) As a result, their responses do not bear an immutable relationship to the nature of the stimulus or other variable being modified; stimuli and activities that are rewarding in certain circumstances are avoided in others.
  • (16) Such findings have bolstered what is currently the most popular theoretical approach to retarded functioning-namely, the view that all retardates suffer from some specific defect which inheres in mental retardation and thus makes the retardate immutably "different" from normals, even when the general level of intellectual development is controlled.
  • (17) Political positions that appeared for years to be immutable have suddenly started to shift.
  • (18) "I think the authority that we enjoy comes from the depth of our reporting and that is immutable.
  • (19) After those three years I was no longer the same person with the same heart and mind, I was immutably changed forever.
  • (20) The indications for implanting depend on certain immutable criteria (total deafness, auditory response to electrical stimulation of the round window, patient's motivation), but other criteria are also described and discussed (socialization level, cochlear ossification, and preoperative electrophysiologic data).

Variable


Definition:

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

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Although the mean values for all hemodynamic variables between the two placebo periods were minimally changed, the differences in individual patients were striking.
  • (2) Single-case experimental designs are presented and discussed from several points of view: Historical antecedents, assessment of the dependent variable, internal and external validity and pre-experimental vs experimental single-case designs.
  • (3) We have examined overlapping octapeptides from the kappa IIIb light chain variable region and show that some framework peptides have the ability to bind aggregated IgG.
  • (4) The family comprises at least three variable (V) gene segments, three constant (C) gene segments, and three junction (J) gene segments.
  • (5) Altogether 47 variables were investigated, and of these 34 gave results which were statistically significant.
  • (6) Variables included an ego-delay measure obtained from temporal estimations, perceptions of temporal dominance and relatedness obtained from Cottle's Circles Test, Ss' ages, and a measure of long-term posthospital adjustment.
  • (7) However, it is easier for them to cope with anxiety because premedication pacifies the patients, whereas each of the dependent variables, such as apprehension, is influenced differently.
  • (8) The half-life was very variable between subjects [2-8 hours], but less variable within subjects and it was unaffected by the formulation.
  • (9) Since 1979, patients started on long-term lithium treatment at the Psychiatric Hospital in Risskov have been followed systematically with recording of clinical and laboratory variables before the start of treatment, after 6 and 12 months of treatment, and thereafter at yearly intervals.
  • (10) Aside from these characteristic findings of HCC, it was important to reveal the following features for the diagnosis of well differentiated type of small HCC: variable thickening or distortion of trabecular structure in association with nuclear crowding, acinar formation, selective cytoplasmic accumulation of Mallory bodies, nuclear abnormalities consisting of thickening of nucleolus, hepatic cords in close contact with bile ducts or blood vessels, and hepatocytes growing in a fibrous environment.
  • (11) Examined specific relationships, as they occur in nature, between particular dietary variables or groups of variables and specific MMPI subscales.
  • (12) Excretion of inactive kallikrein again correlated with urine flow rate but the regression relationship between the two variables was different for water-load-induced and frusemide-induced diuresis.
  • (13) Our prospective study has defined a number of important variables in patients with clinical evidence of mast cell proliferation that can predict both the presence of SMCD and the likelihood of fatal disease.
  • (14) The dilemmas faced by the genetic counsellor are discussed in this variable autosomal dominant condition.
  • (15) Regression analysis on the 21 clinical or laboratory parameters studied showed that the only variable independently associated with CSF-FN was the total protein concentration in the CSF; this, however, explained only 14% of the observed variation in the CSF-FN concentration and did not show any correlation with CNS involvement.
  • (16) A number of variables which could influence the test has been evaluated and standardized in a way suitable for the routinary use of the technique described.
  • (17) There is a considerably larger variability of the mercury levels in urine than in blood.
  • (18) Blood gas variables produced from a computed in vivo oxygen dissociation curve, PaeO2, P95 and C(a-x)O2, were introduced in the University Hospital of Wales in 1986.
  • (19) Variability (CV = 0.7%) in body volume of a 45-year-old reference man measured by SH method was very similar to variation (CV = 0.6%) in mass volume of the 60-1 prototype.
  • (20) Both demographically and clinically assessed behavioral variables were related to a number of outcome measures, including days in the community, clinical ratings, and family assessment.