variability
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived form of variable, from Old French variable; see variable + -ity.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌvɛəɹ.i.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/, /-ɪ.ti/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˌvæɹ.i.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/, /-ɪ.ti/
- (US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˌvɛɹ.i.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/, /-ɪ.ti/
Noun
[edit]variability (countable and uncountable, plural variabilities)
- The state or characteristic of being variable.
- genetic variability
- natural variability
- high variability
- The experiment showed considerable variability in the results.
- Climate variability affects crop production.
- 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.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]state
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degree
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Further reading
[edit]- “variability”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “variability”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
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