ADJECTIVE | all | mutable, changeable | capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature |
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all | mutable | prone to frequent change | |
all | mutable | tending to undergo genetic mutuation |
Sounds | myuw'tahbahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature. | |
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Synonym | changeable | |
Opposite | immutable, changeless | not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature |
Spanish | mutable | |
Catalan | canviable, mutable | |
Nouns | mutability, mutableness | the quality of being capable of mutation |
Meaning | Prone to frequent change; inconstant. | |
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Broader | inconstant | likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason |
Meaning | Tending to undergo genetic mutuation. | |
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Example | "It is likely, too, that the chromosomes of all eubacteria are as mutable as that of E. coli" | |
Broader | changeable, changeful | Such that alteration is possible |
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