variability

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  1. noun The quality, state, or degree of being variable or changeable.

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  • I'll give you one last illustration of variability, and that is -- oh, I'm sorry. —  Malcolm Gladwell on spaghetti sauce
  • Repeatability is nearly impossible to achieve with manual testing due to human error, variability, and inconsistency. —  Latest News from AJAX & RIA Journal
  • Second, we see the conflation of short term variability (variously due to solar cycle effects, the QBO, volcanic eruptions, etc), with long term changes due to ozone-depleting substances (sound familiar?). —  RealClimate
  • The addition of VSC to Eastern has reduced the significance of this variability, as the demand for recycled lead is not generally affected by seasonality.
  • "Wind energy remains difficult to manage due to its variability -- you can't always count on it," said Eric Pierce, Xcel Energy's managing director of energy trading. —  EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed
 

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  1. = French variabilité = Portuguese variabilidade = Italian variabilità; as variable + -ity.
 

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/veɪrɪəˈbɪləti/
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