mutable

(myū'tə-bəl)
adj.

1. 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.]

mutability mu'ta·bil'i·ty n.
mutably mu'ta·bly adv.

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adjective

Capable of or liable to change: alterable, changeable, fluid, inconstant, uncertain, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, variant. Archaic various. See change/persist.

able or tending to undergo change or mutation.
—mutabil-ity n.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - foranderlig, omskiftelig, ustadig

Nederlands (Dutch)
veranderlijk, wispelturig

Français (French)
adj. - mutable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - mutabel, veränderbar

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μεταβλητός, μεταλλάξιμος

Italiano (Italian)
mutabile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - mutável

Русский (Russian)
изменчивый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - mudable, variable, cambiadizo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - föränderlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
易变的, 性情不定的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 易變的, 性情不定的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 쉽게 변하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 変わりやすい, 無常の, 気の変わりやすい, 変易相の, 気まぐれな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متقلب, متغير‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮משתנה, בר-שינוי, הפכפך‬

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