variability

English

Etymology

Derived form of variable, from Old French variable; see variable +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌvɛəɹ.i.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/, /-ɪ.ti/

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• (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

variability (countable and uncountable, 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.

Synonyms

• variableness

Derived terms

• biovariability
• covariability
• histovariability
• hypervariability
• intervariability
• microvariability

Translations

state

Bulgarian: променливост (bg) f (promenlivost), изменчивост (bg) (izmenčivost) Catalan: variabilitat (ca) f Finnish: muuttuvuus, vaihtelevuus (fi) French: variabilité (fr) f Galician: variabilidade (gl) f Georgian: ცვალებადობა (cvalebadoba) Middle English: mutabilite Portuguese: variabilidade (pt) f Romanian: variabilitate (ro) f Spanish: variabilidad (es) f

degree

Chinese: Mandarin: 變率 / 变率 (biànlǜ) Finnish: vaihtelu (fi) French: variabilité (fr) Georgian: ცვალებადობა (cvalebadoba) Italian: variabilità (it) Portuguese: variabilidade (pt) Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: variabilidad (es)

Further reading

• “variability”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “variability”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.