mu·ta·ble (my  t -bl)adj. 1. a. Capable of or subject to change or alteration. b. Prone to frequent change; inconstant: mutable weather patterns. 2. Tending to undergo genetic mutation: a mutable organism; a mutable gene. [Middle English, from Latin m  t bilis, from mtre, to change; see mutate.]mu  ta·bili·ty n.mu ta·bly adv. |
mutable [mew-tab-bl]
Adjective
able to or tending to change [Latin mutare to change]
mutability n
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| Adj. | 1. | mutable - capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature; "a mutable substance"; "the mutable ways of fortune"; "mutable weather patterns"; "a mutable foreign policy" changeless, immutable - not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature; "the view of that time was that all species were immutable, created by God" |
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