"variability" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌvɛəɹ.i.ə.ˈbɪl.ə.ti/ [UK], /-ɪ.ti/ [UK], /ˌvæɹ.i.ə.ˈbɪl.ə.ti/ (note: US, Mary–marry–merry distinction), /-ɪ.ti/ (note: US, Mary–marry–merry distinction), /ˌvɛɹ.i.ə.ˈbɪl.ə.ti/ (note: US, Mary–marry–merry merger), /-ɪ.ti/ (note: US, Mary–marry–merry merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-variability.wav [Southern-England] Forms: variabilities [plural]
Etymology: Derived form of variable, from Old French variable; see variable + -ity. Etymology templates: {{m|en|variable}} variable, {{der|en|fro|variable}} Old French variable, {{suffix|en|variable|ity}} variable + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} variability (countable and uncountable, plural variabilities)
  1. The state or characteristic of being variable. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (state): променливост (promenlivost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), изменчивост (izmenčivost) (Bulgarian), variabilitat [feminine] (Catalan), muuttuvuus (Finnish), vaihtelevuus (Finnish), variabilité [feminine] (French), variabilidade [feminine] (Galician), ცვალებადობა (cvalebadoba) (Georgian), mutabilite (Middle English), variabilidade [feminine] (Portuguese), variabilitate [feminine] (Romanian), variabilidad [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-variability-en-noun-BEGn2ssL Disambiguation of 'state': 96 4
  2. The 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (degree): 變率 (Chinese Mandarin), 变率 (biànlǜ) (Chinese Mandarin), vaihtelu (Finnish), variabilité (French), ცვალებადობა (cvalebadoba) (Georgian), variabilità (Italian), variabilidade (Portuguese), variabilidad (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-variability-en-noun-yUKlsa7c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 9 91 Disambiguation of 'degree': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: variableness Derived forms: biovariability, covariability, histovariability, hypervariability, intervariability, microvariability

Inflected forms

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