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variability

  • noun
  • /ˌvɛəɹ.i.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/

The state or characteristic of being variable.

Example

“The experiment showed considerable variability in the results.”

Other meanings

  1. 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.

Word history

From Old French "variable".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “variability” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.