Definition of Variability

Babylon English
variability
n. state of being given to variation, changeability, fickleness

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Variability Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries

MONASH Marketing Dictionary
Variability
one of the four characteristics (with inseparability, intangibility and perishability) which distinguish a service; variability expresses the notion that a service may vary in standard or quality from one provider to the next or from occasion to the next. Also referred to as Heterogeneity. See Services MarketingInseparabilityIntangibilityPerishability.

Raynet Business & Marketing Glossary
Variability
the range of possible outcomes of a given situation.


Variability Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries

DOD Dictionary of Military Terms
variability
(*) The manner in which the probability of damage to a specific target decreases with the distance from ground zero; or, in damage assessment, a mathematical factor introduced to average the effects of orientation, minor shielding, and uncertainty of target response to the effects considered.
  


Variability Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Variability
(n.)
The quality or state of being variable; variableness.
  
(n.)
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.
  

WordNet 2.0
variability

Noun
1. the quality of being subject to variation
(synonym) variableness, variance
(antonym) invariability, invariableness, invariance
(hypernym) changeableness, changeability
(hyponym) variedness
2. a quality of variability and lack of uniformity
(synonym) unevenness
(antonym) evenness, invariability
(hypernym) irregularity, unregularity
(hyponym) jaggedness

hEnglish - advanced version
variability

variability
\va`ri*a*bil"i*ty\ (?), n. [cf. f. variabilité.]
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.
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]




Variability Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries

Web Dictionary of Cybernetics and Systems
Variability
An attribute indicating the ability to vary or to [TEXT MISSING...] (Krippendorff)


Variability Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Variability
The term "", "the state or characteristic of being variable", may be applied to many different subjects:

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