'Variability' definitions:
Definition of 'variability'
(from WordNet)
noun
The quality of being subject to variation [syn: variability, variableness, variance] [ant: invariability, invariableness, invariance]
noun
The quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity [syn: unevenness, variability] [ant: evenness, invariability]
Definition of 'Variability'
From: GCIDE
- Variability \Va`ri*a*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. variabilit['e].]
- 1. The quality or state of being variable; variableness. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'variability'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arrhythmia,
- brokenness,
- capriciousness,
- changeability,
- changeableness,
- choppiness,
- dappleness,
- desultoriness,
- deviability,
- deviation,
- difference,
- differentiation,
- disconnectedness,
- discontinuity,
- disorder,
- divarication,
- divergence,
- diversification,
- eccentricity,
- erraticism,
- erraticness,
- fibrillation,
- fickleness,
- fitfulness,
- fits and starts,
- flightiness,
- fluctuation,
- freakishness,
- impulsiveness,
- inconsistency,
- inconstancy,
- inequality,
- instability,
- intermittence,
- irregularity,
- jerkiness,
- mercuriality,
- moodiness,
- motleyness,
- mutability,
- nonconformism,
- nonconformity,
- nonstandardization,
- nonuniformity,
- patchiness,
- pluralism,
- raggedness,
- restlessness,
- roughness,
- shiftiness,
- spasticity,
- sporadicity,
- sporadicness,
- spottiness,
- stagger,
- uncertainty,
- unconformism,
- unconformity,
- undependability,
- unevenness,
- unfixedness,
- unmethodicalness,
- unorthodoxy,
- unpredictability,
- unreliability,
- unsettledness,
- unstableness,
- unsteadfastness,
- unsteadiness,
- unsystematicness,
- variation,
- variegation,
- variety,
- variousness,
- versatility,
- wantonness,
- wavering,
- waywardness,
- whimsicality,
- wobble
Words containing 'Variability'
- Variable,
- Variableness,
- Variably,
- Dependent variable,
- Independent variable,
- Variable exhaust,
- Variable quantity,
- Variable star,
- Variable stars,
- Variable velocity,
- chance variable,
- experimental variable,
- predictor variable,
- random variable,
- stochastic variable,
- variable resistor,
- Variable-rate mortgage,
- variable-pitch propeller