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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Variability \Va`ri*a*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. variabilit['e].]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. The quality or state of being variable; variableness.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

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) 2.0 :   [ 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]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  variability
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 (ετ επιστ en) παραλλακτικότητα
     2 μεταβλητότητα, διακύμανση, διαφοροποίηση, ποικιλία

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  variability
     n.
     1 The state or characteristic of being variable.
     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.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  variability
     n.
     1 The state or characteristic of being variable.
     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.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  variability
     n.
     1 The state or characteristic of being variable.
     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.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  variability
     n.
     1 The state or characteristic of being variable.
     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.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  variability
     Englanti n.
     1 muuttuvuus, vaihtelevuus
     2 muuntelu

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Variability /vˌeəɹɪəbˈɪlɪti/
  التغيّر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  variability //-ɪ.ti// //ˌvæɹ.i.ə.ˈbɪl.ə.ti// //ˌvɛəɹ.i.ə.ˈbɪl.ə.ti// //ˌvɛɹ.i.ə.ˈbɪl.ə.ti// 
  изменчивост, променливост
  state

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  variability /vˌeəɹɪəbˈɪlɪti/ 
  proměnlivost

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  variability /vˌeəɹɪəbˈɪlɪti/
  Anzahl der Freiheitsgrade
     Synonym: number of degrees of freedom
  
   see: degree of freedom, one-degree-of-freedom system, multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical system, multiple-degree-of-freedom mechanical system, vibrating system with several degrees of freedom, multi-degree-of-freedom vibrator
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  variability /vˌeəɹɪəbˈɪlɪti/
  Schwankungen 
           Note: bei etw.
        "a great deal of variability in quality"  - große Schwankungen bei der Qualität
        "seasonal variability in water levels"  - saisonale Schwankungen beim Wasserpegel
     Synonym: variabilities
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  variability /vˌeəɹɪəbˈɪlɪti/
  Streuung , Variabilität , Dispersion  [statist.]
           Note: zahlenmäßige Veränderung einer Größe
     Synonyms: scatter, spread, dispersion
  
   see: empirical dispersion
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  variability //-ɪ.ti// //ˌvæɹ.i.ə.ˈbɪl.ə.ti// //ˌvɛəɹ.i.ə.ˈbɪl.ə.ti// //ˌvɛɹ.i.ə.ˈbɪl.ə.ti// 
  1. vaihtelu
  degree
  2. muuttuvuus, vaihtelevuus
  state

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  variability /vˌeəɹɪəbˈɪlɪti/
  izmjenljivost, promjenjivost, promjenjivosti, varijabilnost

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  variability /vˌeəɹɪəbˈɪlɪti/
  1. variációs képesség
  2. változtathatóság
  3. variációs tulajdonság
  4. változékonyság
  5. állhatatlanság
  6. változandóság

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  variability /ˌveərɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ/ 
    zmienność

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  variability /vˌeəɹɪəbˈɪlɪti/
  variedade

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/vɛɹiəˈbɪɫɪti/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  80 Moby Thesaurus words for "variability":
     arrhythmia, brokenness, capriciousness, changeability,
     changeableness, choppiness, dappleness, desultoriness, deviability,
     deviation, difference, differentiation, disconnectedness,
     discontinuity, disorder, divarication, divergence, diversification,
     eccentricity, erraticism, erraticness, fibrillation, fickleness,
     fitfulness, fits and starts, flightiness, fluctuation,
     freakishness, impulsiveness, inconsistency, inconstancy,
     inequality, instability, intermittence, irregularity, jerkiness,
     mercuriality, moodiness, motleyness, mutability, nonconformism,
     nonconformity, nonstandardization, nonuniformity, patchiness,
     pluralism, raggedness, restlessness, roughness, shiftiness,
     spasticity, sporadicity, sporadicness, spottiness, stagger,
     uncertainty, unconformism, unconformity, undependability,
     unevenness, unfixedness, unmethodicalness, unorthodoxy,
     unpredictability, unreliability, unsettledness, unstableness,
     unsteadfastness, unsteadiness, unsystematicness, variation,
     variegation, variety, variousness, versatility, wantonness,
     wavering, waywardness, whimsicality, wobble
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 易变,变化性,变异性;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 易变,变化性,变异性

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