Tuesday word: Mutable
Tuesday, Feb. 08, 2022
Mutable (adjective)
mu·ta·ble [myoo-tuh-buhl]
adjective
1. liable or subject to change or alteration.
2. given to changing; constantly changing; fickle or inconstant: the mutable ways of fortune.
3. Computers. (in object-oriented programming) of or noting an object having properties whose values can change while the object itself maintains a unique identity.
OTHER WORDS FROM MUTABLE
mu·ta·bil·i·ty [myoo-tuh-bil-i-tee] mu·ta·ble·ness, noun
mu·ta·bly, adverb
hy·per·mu·ta·ble, adjective
hy·per·mu·ta·bly, adverb
non·mut·a·ble, adjective
non·mut·a·bly, adverb
un·mu·ta·ble, adjective
WORDS RELATED TO MUTABLE
alterable, erratic, fickle, fluctuating, inconstant, mercurial, unreliable, vacillating, variable, wavering
See synonyms for: mutable / mutability on Thesaurus.com
OTHER WORDS FOR MUTABLE
1. changeable, variable.
2. unstable, vacillating, unsettled, wavering, unsteady.
OPPOSITES FOR MUTABLE
2. stable.
Origin: First recorded in 1350-1400; Middle English, from Latin mutabilis, equivalent to muta(re) “to change” + -bilis -ble
HOW TO USE MUTABLE IN A SENTENCE
After just two episodes, it’s hard to get a sense of how mutable The Problem’s format will be.
THE PROBLEM WITH JON STEWART COULD BE GREAT, IF IT EVER CATCHES UP TO THE PRESENT|JUDY BERMAN|SEPTEMBER 30, 2021|TIME
Warnecke, however, is skeptical about inferring phylogenetic relationships from viral sequences, which are notoriously mutable.
DNA’S HISTONE SPOOLS HINT AT HOW COMPLEX CELLS EVOLVED|VIVIANE CALLIER|MAY 10, 2021|QUANTA MAGAZINE
I knew vaguely that the history was slow and unremarkable during centuries of rural village life, then tumultuous and mutable as the area was enveloped by the burgeoning city.
IN LONDON, LOOKING BACKWARD TO MOVE FORWARD|HENRY WISMAYER|MARCH 5, 2021|WASHINGTON POST
In McAfee’s work, formal portraits become as mutable and dynamic as makeshift cellphone footage.
IN THE GALLERIES: PERSONAL AND POLITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE PAST|MARK JENKINS|FEBRUARY 19, 2021|WASHINGTON POST
Vortices can be remarkably stable, and yet they are also surprisingly mutable.
AN UNEXPECTED TWIST LIGHTS UP THE SECRETS OF TURBULENCE|DAVID H. FREEDMAN|SEPTEMBER 3, 2020|QUANTA MAGAZINE
The mutable-Earth sign of Virgo is about negotiating virtue and vice.
YOUR WEEK: WHAT THE STARS HOLD|STARSKY + COX|SEPTEMBER 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Mutable (adjective)
mu·ta·ble [myoo-tuh-buhl]
adjective
1. liable or subject to change or alteration.
2. given to changing; constantly changing; fickle or inconstant: the mutable ways of fortune.
3. Computers. (in object-oriented programming) of or noting an object having properties whose values can change while the object itself maintains a unique identity.
OTHER WORDS FROM MUTABLE
mu·ta·bil·i·ty [myoo-tuh-bil-i-tee] mu·ta·ble·ness, noun
mu·ta·bly, adverb
hy·per·mu·ta·ble, adjective
hy·per·mu·ta·bly, adverb
non·mut·a·ble, adjective
non·mut·a·bly, adverb
un·mu·ta·ble, adjective
WORDS RELATED TO MUTABLE
alterable, erratic, fickle, fluctuating, inconstant, mercurial, unreliable, vacillating, variable, wavering
See synonyms for: mutable / mutability on Thesaurus.com
OTHER WORDS FOR MUTABLE
1. changeable, variable.
2. unstable, vacillating, unsettled, wavering, unsteady.
OPPOSITES FOR MUTABLE
2. stable.
Origin: First recorded in 1350-1400; Middle English, from Latin mutabilis, equivalent to muta(re) “to change” + -bilis -ble
HOW TO USE MUTABLE IN A SENTENCE
After just two episodes, it’s hard to get a sense of how mutable The Problem’s format will be.
THE PROBLEM WITH JON STEWART COULD BE GREAT, IF IT EVER CATCHES UP TO THE PRESENT|JUDY BERMAN|SEPTEMBER 30, 2021|TIME
Warnecke, however, is skeptical about inferring phylogenetic relationships from viral sequences, which are notoriously mutable.
DNA’S HISTONE SPOOLS HINT AT HOW COMPLEX CELLS EVOLVED|VIVIANE CALLIER|MAY 10, 2021|QUANTA MAGAZINE
I knew vaguely that the history was slow and unremarkable during centuries of rural village life, then tumultuous and mutable as the area was enveloped by the burgeoning city.
IN LONDON, LOOKING BACKWARD TO MOVE FORWARD|HENRY WISMAYER|MARCH 5, 2021|WASHINGTON POST
In McAfee’s work, formal portraits become as mutable and dynamic as makeshift cellphone footage.
IN THE GALLERIES: PERSONAL AND POLITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE PAST|MARK JENKINS|FEBRUARY 19, 2021|WASHINGTON POST
Vortices can be remarkably stable, and yet they are also surprisingly mutable.
AN UNEXPECTED TWIST LIGHTS UP THE SECRETS OF TURBULENCE|DAVID H. FREEDMAN|SEPTEMBER 3, 2020|QUANTA MAGAZINE
The mutable-Earth sign of Virgo is about negotiating virtue and vice.
YOUR WEEK: WHAT THE STARS HOLD|STARSKY + COX|SEPTEMBER 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST