variability

Academic Word List, sublist 1.

About 9.28 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The state or characteristic of being variable.

   genetic variability

2. 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.

Similar words

variance unevenness variation variety diversity change difference fluctuating dispersal dispersion

Often followed by

in of and is among within between that was

Word family

variable variables variably variance variant variants variation variations varied varies