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variability |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Variability \Va`ri*a*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. variabilit['e].] 1. The quality or state of being variable; variableness. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: variability n 1: the quality of being subject to variation [syn: {variableness}, {variance}] [ant: {invariability}, {invariability}] 2: a quality of variability and lack of uniformity [syn: {unevenness}] [ant: {evenness}, {evenness}]
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