Meanings
plural variabilities
- 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.
- 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe quality of being subject to variation
nounthe quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchvariable
- Englishvariability
Derived form of variable, from Old French variable; see variable + -ity.
More words from Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian променливост, изменчивост
- променливост (promenlivost)state
- изменчивост (izmenčivost)state
Catalan variabilitat
- variabilitatstate
Chinese Mandarin 變率 /变率
- 變率 /变率 (biànlǜ)degree
Finnish muuttuvuus, vaihtelevuus
- muuttuvuusstate
- vaihtelevuusstate
- vaihteludegree
French variabilité, variabilité
- variabilitéstate
- variabilitédegree
Indonesian variabilitas
- variabilitasstate
Italian variabilità
- variabilitàdegree
Malay variabiliti
- variabilitistate
Portuguese variabilidade, variabilidade
- variabilidadestate
- variabilidadedegree
Romanian variabilitate
- variabilitatestate
Spanish variabilidad, variabilidad
- variabilidadstate
- variabilidaddegree
Tagalog pagkakaiba-iba
- pagkakaiba-ibastate
Cite this entry
variability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/variability
“variability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/variability. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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