Definition:Variable/Value
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Definition
A variable $x$ may be (temporarily, conceptually) identified with a particular object.
If so, then that object is called the value of $x$.
Sources
- 1946: Alfred Tarski: Introduction to Logic and to the Methodology of Deductive Sciences (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 1.2$: Expressions containing variables
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): variable: 1.
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): variable: 1.