variability

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the quality of being subject to variation

   Variability is central to genetics.

2. 2
   noun

   the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity

   The extreme variability of the weather makes it hard to garden in this climate.

3. 3
   noun

   The state or characteristic of being variable.

   The word variability appears in scientific writing with a precise technical sense.

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

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