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is variablize or variabilize a word?
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Is there a more appropriate word to use when ‘variablizing’ a data point (i.e to make something a variable) since the word variablize (or variabilize) does not seem to appear in the Oxford English Dictionary (yet), and it's a word people might use in certain contexts.
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Is there a more appropriate word to use when ‘variablizing’ a data point (i.e to make something a variable) since the word variablize (or variabilize) does not seem to appear in the Oxford English Dictionary (yet), and it's a word people might use in certain contexts.
single-word-requests is-it-a-word derivational-morphology
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I don't understand. If it's a data point, how do you make it variable?
– Hot Licks
Feb 21 '17 at 21:46
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I often use parametrize. I cannot think of a scenario where it would not do.
– michael.hor257k
Feb 21 '17 at 21:47
a parameter might be the boundary of a variable, but not exactly a variable. parametrize is a good one though...if parameter can get 'ized', variable should get 'ized' too. if it got 'ized' it would be able to see better too :)
– Avi Saltzman
Feb 21 '17 at 22:58
when programming, a variable contains a value that can change dynamically. the end result can be the data point.
– Avi Saltzman
Feb 21 '17 at 23:00
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The common expression is "assign to a variable", normally by type. For instance, "Assign the data set to an array of objects" covers your example. I don't think variablize would be understood, nor is it accurate. You're not converting data to a variable (named memory location), you're create a variable and assigning data to it.
– jimm101
Feb 23 '17 at 20:30
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Is there a more appropriate word to use when ‘variablizing’ a data point (i.e to make something a variable) since the word variablize (or variabilize) does not seem to appear in the Oxford English Dictionary (yet), and it's a word people might use in certain contexts.
single-word-requests is-it-a-word derivational-morphology
edited Feb 26 '17 at 19:30
tchrist♦
110k30296477
asked Feb 21 '17 at 21:25
Avi SaltzmanAvi Saltzman
3612
Is there a more appropriate word to use when ‘variablizing’ a data point (i.e to make something a variable) since the word variablize (or variabilize) does not seem to appear in the Oxford English Dictionary (yet), and it's a word people might use in certain contexts.
single-word-requests is-it-a-word derivational-morphology
single-word-requests is-it-a-word derivational-morphology
edited Feb 26 '17 at 19:30
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110k30296477
asked Feb 21 '17 at 21:25
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3612
edited Feb 26 '17 at 19:30
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110k30296477
asked Feb 21 '17 at 21:25
Avi SaltzmanAvi Saltzman
3612
edited Feb 26 '17 at 19:30
tchrist♦
110k30296477
edited Feb 26 '17 at 19:30
tchrist♦
110k30296477
edited Feb 26 '17 at 19:30
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asked Feb 21 '17 at 21:25
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asked Feb 21 '17 at 21:25
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asked Feb 21 '17 at 21:25
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I don't understand. If it's a data point, how do you make it variable?
– Hot Licks
Feb 21 '17 at 21:46
7
I often use parametrize. I cannot think of a scenario where it would not do.
– michael.hor257k
Feb 21 '17 at 21:47
a parameter might be the boundary of a variable, but not exactly a variable. parametrize is a good one though...if parameter can get 'ized', variable should get 'ized' too. if it got 'ized' it would be able to see better too :)
– Avi Saltzman
Feb 21 '17 at 22:58
when programming, a variable contains a value that can change dynamically. the end result can be the data point.
– Avi Saltzman
Feb 21 '17 at 23:00
1
The common expression is "assign to a variable", normally by type. For instance, "Assign the data set to an array of objects" covers your example. I don't think variablize would be understood, nor is it accurate. You're not converting data to a variable (named memory location), you're create a variable and assigning data to it.
– jimm101
Feb 23 '17 at 20:30
|
show 10 more comments
1
I don't understand. If it's a data point, how do you make it variable?
– Hot Licks
Feb 21 '17 at 21:46
7
I often use parametrize. I cannot think of a scenario where it would not do.
– michael.hor257k
Feb 21 '17 at 21:47
a parameter might be the boundary of a variable, but not exactly a variable. parametrize is a good one though...if parameter can get 'ized', variable should get 'ized' too. if it got 'ized' it would be able to see better too :)
– Avi Saltzman
Feb 21 '17 at 22:58
when programming, a variable contains a value that can change dynamically. the end result can be the data point.
– Avi Saltzman
Feb 21 '17 at 23:00
1
The common expression is "assign to a variable", normally by type. For instance, "Assign the data set to an array of objects" covers your example. I don't think variablize would be understood, nor is it accurate. You're not converting data to a variable (named memory location), you're create a variable and assigning data to it.
– jimm101
Feb 23 '17 at 20:30
1
1
I don't understand. If it's a data point, how do you make it variable?
– Hot Licks
Feb 21 '17 at 21:46
I don't understand. If it's a data point, how do you make it variable?
– Hot Licks
Feb 21 '17 at 21:46
7
7
I often use parametrize. I cannot think of a scenario where it would not do.
– michael.hor257k
Feb 21 '17 at 21:47
I often use parametrize. I cannot think of a scenario where it would not do.
– michael.hor257k
Feb 21 '17 at 21:47
a parameter might be the boundary of a variable, but not exactly a variable. parametrize is a good one though...if parameter can get 'ized', variable should get 'ized' too. if it got 'ized' it would be able to see better too :)
– Avi Saltzman
Feb 21 '17 at 22:58
a parameter might be the boundary of a variable, but not exactly a variable. parametrize is a good one though...if parameter can get 'ized', variable should get 'ized' too. if it got 'ized' it would be able to see better too :)
– Avi Saltzman
Feb 21 '17 at 22:58
when programming, a variable contains a value that can change dynamically. the end result can be the data point.
– Avi Saltzman
Feb 21 '17 at 23:00
when programming, a variable contains a value that can change dynamically. the end result can be the data point.
– Avi Saltzman
Feb 21 '17 at 23:00
1
1
The common expression is "assign to a variable", normally by type. For instance, "Assign the data set to an array of objects" covers your example. I don't think variablize would be understood, nor is it accurate. You're not converting data to a variable (named memory location), you're create a variable and assigning data to it.
– jimm101
Feb 23 '17 at 20:30
The common expression is "assign to a variable", normally by type. For instance, "Assign the data set to an array of objects" covers your example. I don't think variablize would be understood, nor is it accurate. You're not converting data to a variable (named memory location), you're create a variable and assigning data to it.
– jimm101
Feb 23 '17 at 20:30
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Variablize implies to make something into a variable, but only makes immediate sense to software programmers. Since it is not a dictionary word, it must be relegated to a protologism.
That being said, the closest word to your intended meaning is dynamize:
1: to make (a drug) effective (as by comminution or dilution)
2: to make dynamic: endow with force
It is the second definition -- to make dynamic -- that most readily applies here. If you make something static (i.e. a data point) into something dynamic (i.e. a variable) you dynamize it.
Of course, no one really uses dynamize in casual conversation either, even though it is in the dictionary. Don't let that stop you from trying to make variablize into a neologism, though.
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"Shochasticize"? In that you are assuming that your observation (data point) represents an example of a variable with a random distribution of some type.
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If this is in regards to accounting/finance, then you can make up your own words. We make up words a lot.
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Variablize implies to make something into a variable, but only makes immediate sense to software programmers. Since it is not a dictionary word, it must be relegated to a protologism.
That being said, the closest word to your intended meaning is dynamize:
1: to make (a drug) effective (as by comminution or dilution)
2: to make dynamic: endow with force
It is the second definition -- to make dynamic -- that most readily applies here. If you make something static (i.e. a data point) into something dynamic (i.e. a variable) you dynamize it.
Of course, no one really uses dynamize in casual conversation either, even though it is in the dictionary. Don't let that stop you from trying to make variablize into a neologism, though.
answered Jul 18 '17 at 22:32
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Variablize implies to make something into a variable, but only makes immediate sense to software programmers. Since it is not a dictionary word, it must be relegated to a protologism.
That being said, the closest word to your intended meaning is dynamize:
1: to make (a drug) effective (as by comminution or dilution)
2: to make dynamic: endow with force
It is the second definition -- to make dynamic -- that most readily applies here. If you make something static (i.e. a data point) into something dynamic (i.e. a variable) you dynamize it.
Of course, no one really uses dynamize in casual conversation either, even though it is in the dictionary. Don't let that stop you from trying to make variablize into a neologism, though.
answered Jul 18 '17 at 22:32
SnapmanSnapman
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Variablize implies to make something into a variable, but only makes immediate sense to software programmers. Since it is not a dictionary word, it must be relegated to a protologism.
That being said, the closest word to your intended meaning is dynamize:
1: to make (a drug) effective (as by comminution or dilution)
2: to make dynamic: endow with force
It is the second definition -- to make dynamic -- that most readily applies here. If you make something static (i.e. a data point) into something dynamic (i.e. a variable) you dynamize it.
Of course, no one really uses dynamize in casual conversation either, even though it is in the dictionary. Don't let that stop you from trying to make variablize into a neologism, though.
answered Jul 18 '17 at 22:32
SnapmanSnapman
49626
Variablize implies to make something into a variable, but only makes immediate sense to software programmers. Since it is not a dictionary word, it must be relegated to a protologism.
That being said, the closest word to your intended meaning is dynamize:
1: to make (a drug) effective (as by comminution or dilution)
2: to make dynamic: endow with force
It is the second definition -- to make dynamic -- that most readily applies here. If you make something static (i.e. a data point) into something dynamic (i.e. a variable) you dynamize it.
Of course, no one really uses dynamize in casual conversation either, even though it is in the dictionary. Don't let that stop you from trying to make variablize into a neologism, though.
answered Jul 18 '17 at 22:32
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answered Jul 18 '17 at 22:32
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answered Jul 18 '17 at 22:32
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"Shochasticize"? In that you are assuming that your observation (data point) represents an example of a variable with a random distribution of some type.
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"Shochasticize"? In that you are assuming that your observation (data point) represents an example of a variable with a random distribution of some type.
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"Shochasticize"? In that you are assuming that your observation (data point) represents an example of a variable with a random distribution of some type.
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"Shochasticize"? In that you are assuming that your observation (data point) represents an example of a variable with a random distribution of some type.
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If this is in regards to accounting/finance, then you can make up your own words. We make up words a lot.
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If this is in regards to accounting/finance, then you can make up your own words. We make up words a lot.
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If this is in regards to accounting/finance, then you can make up your own words. We make up words a lot.
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If this is in regards to accounting/finance, then you can make up your own words. We make up words a lot.
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I don't understand. If it's a data point, how do you make it variable?
– Hot Licks
Feb 21 '17 at 21:46
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I often use parametrize. I cannot think of a scenario where it would not do.
– michael.hor257k
Feb 21 '17 at 21:47
a parameter might be the boundary of a variable, but not exactly a variable. parametrize is a good one though...if parameter can get 'ized', variable should get 'ized' too. if it got 'ized' it would be able to see better too :)
– Avi Saltzman
Feb 21 '17 at 22:58
when programming, a variable contains a value that can change dynamically. the end result can be the data point.
– Avi Saltzman
Feb 21 '17 at 23:00
1
The common expression is "assign to a variable", normally by type. For instance, "Assign the data set to an array of objects" covers your example. I don't think variablize would be understood, nor is it accurate. You're not converting data to a variable (named memory location), you're create a variable and assigning data to it.
– jimm101
Feb 23 '17 at 20:30