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Variability

Vaˊri-a-bil′i-ty

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
variabilité
.]
1.
The quality or state of being variable; variableness.
2.
(Biol.)
The power possessed by living organisms, both animal and vegetable, of adapting themselves to modifications or changes in their environment, thus possibly giving rise to ultimate variation of structure or function.

Definition 2024


variability

variability

English

Noun

variability (plural variabilities)

  1. the state or characteristic of being variable
  2. the degree to which a thing is variable. In data or statistics this is often a measurement of distance from the mean or a description of data range.

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External links

  • variability in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • variability in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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