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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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