Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The state or characteristic of being variable.

    genetic variability

    natural variability

  2. (countable, uncountable)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.

More definitions
  • the quality of being subject to variation
  • the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Agriculture is vulnerable to weather and climate variability.

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  2. Herbal supplements sold in drugstores have poor quality control and high content variability.

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  3. Farmers have to get used to dealing with the variability of the weather.

    deLandwirte müssen sich daran gewöhnen, mit der Unbeständigkeit des Wetters zurechtzukommen.

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  4. Climate variability and weather extremes make farming a very challenging way to earn a living.

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  5. Algeria faces challenges with its drinking water supply, exacerbated by factors such as rapid urbanization, population growth, and climate variability.

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Translations

4 languages

Origin

Derived form of variable, from Old French variable; see variable + -ity.

Derived form of variable, from Old French variable; see variable + -ity.

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Forms

plural: variabilities
Singularvariability
Pluralvariabilities

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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