mutualvariable
nounUK /ˈmjuːtʃuəl ˈveəriəbl/
US /ˈmjuːtʃuəl ˈveriəbl/
A mutual variable is a thing that two or more people share and can change together.
In their science project, the shared temperature was a mutual variable that both students had to watch.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. In math, a value that two equations or functions both use and that can change.
The two formulas were linked by a mutual variable, so changing it changed both results.
3. In computing, a piece of data that two programs or threads can both read and change.
The two threads updated the mutual variable at the same time, which caused a bug.
4. In everyday talk, something two people both care about and that can shift.
Trust was their mutual variable, and it grew or shrank with each choice they made.