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mutable

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mu⋅ta⋅ble

  [myoo-tuh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. liable or subject to change or alteration.
2. given to changing; constantly changing; fickle or inconstant: the mutable ways of fortune.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L mūtābilis, equiv. to mūtā(re) to change + -bilis -ble

Related forms:
mu⋅ta⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, mu⋅ta⋅ble⋅ness, noun
mu⋅ta⋅bly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. changeable, variable. 2. unstable, vacillating, unsettled, wavering, unsteady.

Antonyms:
2. stable.
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mu·ta·ble   (myōō'tə-bəl)   
adj.  

    1. Capable of or subject to change or alteration.

    2. Prone to frequent change; inconstant: mutable weather patterns.

  2. Tending to undergo genetic mutation: a mutable organism; a mutable gene.


[Middle English, from Latin mūtābilis, from mūtāre, to change; see mutate.]
mu'ta·bil'i·ty n., mu'ta·bly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

mutable 
c.1374, "liable to change," from O.Prov. mutable, from L. mutabilis "changeable," from mutare "to change," from PIE base *mei- "to change, go, move" (cf. Skt. methati "changes, alternates, joins, meets;" Avestan mitho "perverted, false;" L. meare "to go, pass;" O.C.S. mite "alternately;" Czech mijim "to go by, pass by," Pol. mijam "avoid;" Goth. maidjan "to change;" Hitt. mutai- "to be changed into"); with derivatives refering to the exchange of goods and services within a society as regulated by custom or law (cf. L. mutuus "done in exchange," munus "service performed for the community, duty, work").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mu·ta·ble
Pronunciation: 'myüt-&-b&l
Function: adjective
1 : capable of change or of being changed in form,quality, or nature
2 : capable of or liable to mutation
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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