variability

What it means

1. countableuncountableThe state or characteristic of being variable.

   high variability

   4 more examples

   genetic variability

   natural variability

   The experiment showed considerable variability in the results.

   Climate variability affects crop production.

2. countableuncountableThe 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.

In a sentence

genetic variability

Where it comes from

1. Old Frenchvariable
2. Englishvariability

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