variability

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˌvæɹ.i.ə.ˈbɪl.ə.ti/, /-ɪ.ti/
• (US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˌvɛɹ.i.ə.ˈbɪl.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.
• “variability”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.