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/vˌeəɹɪəbˈɪlɪti/
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[ US /vɛɹiəˈbɪɫɪti/ ]
[ US /vɛɹiəˈbɪɫɪti/ ]
NOUN
- the quality of being subject to variation
- the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity
How To Use variability In A Sentence
- This apparently inefficient system gives us the ability to deal with the natural variability of the diurnal rhythms of light and temperature.
- Quantitative growth ring analysis of fossil woods may be used only in well-constrained paleoecological studies where taxonomic and climatic sources of variability can be controlled, and additionally, of course, as a qualitative tool in paleoclimatic and paleoecological analyses. Supplementary Comments to NAS Panel « Climate Audit
- The NMI matrix was partitioned into orthogonal patterns of amino acid variability by factor analysis.
- The most common measure of variability is variance and the corresponding measure of correlation between two variables is covariance.
- Brooks and colleagues also found variability in the number of latent infections among contacts of 21 patients with TB.
- Using $5/mmbtu natural gas, the costs of meeting wind variability is around $45-50/MWH which is expensive relative to coal but is very competitive relative to the market in California. Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » More on Wind
- In his early years, Linnaeus believed that the species was not only real, but unchangeable — as he wrote, Unitas in omni specie ordinem ducit (The invariability of species is the condition for order [in nature]). At What Level did this Evolve?
- Temporal and spatial changes in bubble densities were highly heterogeneous, suggesting strong variability in factors affecting the gas ebullition.
- The variability in mean arterial pressure within and between subjects was 4% and 6% respectively.
- This situation is far from ideal, but the alternative … would invariability produce earlier estimates of past temperature that, to some extent, too warm. Bristlecones and Sagebrush « Climate Audit