mutability
Tendency toward transformation
Mutability is the quality of being subject to change.
In everyday use, it describes things that shift or evolve over time: the mutability of fashion, the mutability of human nature.
In programming, mutability refers to whether a data structure can be modified after creation—mutable objects can be changed, immutable ones cannot.
Tendency to change
- alterationAct of modifying
- transformationThorough change in form
- modificationAct of altering something
- conversionAct of changing states
metamorphosis · evolution · reconfiguration · reshaping · remodeling · reformability · revision · flux
Ability to adapt easily
- plasticityAbility to change shape
- malleabilityCapacity for deformation without breaking
- pliabilityAbility to bend easily
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
versatility · adjustability · suppleness · ductility · resilience · conformability · compliance · accommodation
Quality of not lasting
- ephemeralityCondition of being brief
- temporalityState of existing briefly
- fleetingnessQuality of passing quickly
- evanescenceGradual disappearance from existence
transitoriness · brevity · perishability · mortality · fading · passing · decay · finitude
variability
Tendency to change
- alterationAct of modifying
- transformationThorough change in form
- modificationAct of altering something
conversion · metamorphosis · evolution · reconfiguration · reshaping · remodeling · reformability · revision · flux · fluctuation
flexibility
Ability to adapt easily
- plasticityAbility to change shape
- malleabilityCapacity for deformation without breaking
- pliabilityAbility to bend easily
elasticity · versatility · adjustability · suppleness · ductility · resilience · conformability · compliance · accommodation · responsiveness
impermanence
Quality of not lasting
- ephemeralityCondition of being brief
- temporalityState of existing briefly
- fleetingnessQuality of passing quickly
evanescence · transitoriness · brevity · perishability · mortality · fading · passing · decay · finitude · fragility
- changechange, flux, transformation, metamorphosis, alteration
- changeabilityvariability, fickleness, inconstancy, instability, fluctuation
- impermanencetransience, ephemerality, momentariness, passing, fading
- Rustownership, borrowing, lifetimes, traits, match
- data propertiessize, length, type, depth, width
- OOP conceptsclasses, inheritance, subclass, objects, encapsulation
mutabilityimmutability
Inability to change
permanence · unchangeability · constancy · fixity · fixedness