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Changeable — may refer to: Changeables also known as McRobots, a toy series produced by McDonald s Changeable Hawk eagle, or Crested Hawk Eagle Swift Changeable Changeable Lizard, or Oriental garden lizard Changeable tree toad, or Gray tree frog Changeable… … Wikipedia
changeable — changeable, changeful, variable, mutable, protean are comparable when meaning having or showing a marked capacity for changes or a marked tendency to alter itself or be altered under slight provocation. Changeable, the ordinary and most… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
changeable — [ ʃɑ̃ʒabl ] adj. • XIIe « inconstant »; de changer ♦ Qui peut être changé. ⇒ métamorphosable, modifiable, remplaçable, réversible. « des choses de convention, c est à dire à peu près immuables ou du moins fort lentement changeables » (Stendhal).… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Changeable — Change a*ble, a. [Cf. F. changeable.] 1. Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor. [1913 Webster] 2. Appearing different, as in color, in different lights, or under different… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
changeable — (adj.) mid 13c., from Fr. changeable, from changier (see CHANGE (Cf. change)) … Etymology dictionary
changeable — index aleatory (uncertain), ambulatory, capricious, conditional, convertible, debatable, disordered … Law dictionary
changeable — is spelt with an e in the middle to preserve the soft sound of the g … Modern English usage
changeable — [adj] erratic agitated, capricious, changeful, commutative, convertible, fickle, fitful, flighty, fluctuating, fluid, impulsive, inconstant, indecisive, irregular, irresolute, irresponsible, kaleidoscopic, mercurial, mobile, movable, mutable,… … New thesaurus
changeable — ► ADJECTIVE 1) liable to unpredictable variation. 2) able to be changed. DERIVATIVES changeability noun … English terms dictionary
changeable — [chān′jə bəl] adj. [ME] 1. that can change or be changed; likely or tending to change; variable; alterable; fickle 2. having a changing appearance or color, as some silk when looked at from different angles; iridescent changeability n.… … English World dictionary
