The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word PARAMETER
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The straight part
We know that "Variable" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case variable = parameter.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does PARAMETER mean?
PARAMETER noun- A value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation or similar, but varied over other versions of the experiment, equation, calculation, etc.
- A variable that describes some system (material, object, event etc.) or some aspect thereof
- An input variable of a procedure definition, that gets an actual value (argument) at execution time (formal parameter).
- An actual value given to such a formal parameter (argument or actual parameter).
- A characteristic or feature that distinguishes something from others.
- In the ellipse and hyperbola, a third proportional to any diameter and its conjugate, or in the parabola, to any abscissa and the corresponding ordinate.
- The ratio of the three crystallographic axes which determines the position of any plane.
- The fundamental axial ratio for a given species.