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noun
The state or characteristic of being variable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the quality of being subject to variation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: variableness, variance
Antonyms: invariability
Broader terms: changeableness, changeability
Narrower terms: variedness, variegation, personal equation
noun
the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: unevenness
Antonyms: invariability
Broader terms: irregularity, unregularity
Narrower terms: rockiness, ruggedness, jaggedness, patchiness, waviness
History
Derived form of variable, from Old French variable; see variable + -ity.
Across languages
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
