variable

noun 7 senses

something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation

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English variable variable 可変要素 变数
Qwen3 8B
DeepSeek V3
Mistral 7B

Lexical record · WordNet measured

something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation
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Representation snapshot

// qwen
dimension count = 4,096
vector norm = 1.0
mean activation = 8e-05
median activation = 8e-05
std. deviation = 0.01562

// greatest deviation from median
dimension = d1806
value = 0.06285
median = 8e-05
z-score = 4.0174σ
absolute deviation = 0.06277
// deepseek
dimension count = 7,168
vector norm = 1.0
mean activation = 0.00015
median activation = 0.00029
std. deviation = 0.01181

// greatest deviation from median
dimension = d6642
value = 0.08571
median = 0.00029
z-score = 7.2328σ
absolute deviation = 0.08542
// mistral
dimension count = 4,096
vector norm = 1.0
mean activation = 0.00023
median activation = 0.00012
std. deviation = 0.01562

// greatest deviation from median
dimension = d1740
value = -0.06394
median = 0.00012
z-score = -4.1001σ
absolute deviation = 0.06406

Semantic proximity · cosine similarity

TermCosineDistance
variables 0.2793 0.7207
variola 0.1505 0.8495
parameter 0.1449 0.8551
value 0.1431 0.8569
group 0.1410 0.8590
integer 0.1397 0.8603
function 0.1373 0.8627
file 0.1365 0.8635
TermCosineDistance
variables 0.6663 0.3337
parameter 0.3514 0.6486
function 0.3454 0.6546
varying 0.3024 0.6976
data 0.2953 0.7047
field 0.2888 0.7112
property 0.2878 0.7122
object 0.2871 0.7129
TermCosineDistance
variables 0.5190 0.4810
parameter 0.2503 0.7497
constant 0.1950 0.8050
constantine 0.1911 0.8089
parameters 0.1910 0.8090
questionable 0.1790 0.8210
varying 0.1754 0.8246
variability 0.1750 0.8250

Similarity is distributional, not a dictionary synonym label. High similarity can occur between antonyms because they occupy similar contextual environments.

Opposition candidates

TermCosinePolarity ΔScoreRelation
invariable no vector in this build, so it cannot be ranked
TermCosinePolarity ΔScoreRelation
invariable no vector in this build, so it cannot be ranked
TermCosinePolarity ΔScoreRelation
invariable no vector in this build, so it cannot be ranked

Seeds are WordNet antonyms, ranked by embedding geometry. Opposition is never inferred from cosine distance alone: antonyms sit close, not far.

Tokenization · per model measured

ModelTokensPieces
DeepSeek V3 1 variable
Mistral 7B 1 variable
Qwen3 8B 1 variable

Sense inventory · WordNet measured

SynsetPOSDefinitionLemmas
variable.n.01 noun something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation n/a
variable.n.02 noun a quantity that can assume any of a set of values variable quantity
variable_star.n.01 noun a star that varies noticeably in brightness variable star
variable.n.04 noun a symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity n/a
variable.a.01 adjective liable to or capable of change n/a
varying.s.01 adjective marked by diversity or difference varying
variable.s.02 adjective (used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied n/a