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• variability — variable ► ADJECTIVE 1) not consistent or having a fixed pattern; liable to vary. 2) able to be changed or adapted. 3) Mathematics (of a quantity) able to assume different numerical values. ► NOUN 1) a variable element, feature, or quantity. 2)… …   English terms dictionary

• Variable data printing — (VDP) (also known as variable information printing (VIP) or VI) is a form of on demand printing in which elements such as text, graphics and images may be changed from one printed piece to the next, without stopping or slowing down the printing… …   Wikipedia

• variable — variability, variableness, n. variably, adv. /vair ee euh beuhl/, adj. 1. apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods. 2. capable of being varied or changed; alterable: a variable time limit for completion of a… …   Universalium

• variable — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not consistent or having a fixed pattern; liable to vary. 2) able to be changed or adapted. 3) Mathematics (of a quantity) able to assume different numerical values. ► NOUN 1) a variable element, feature, or quantity. 2) Astronomy… …   English terms dictionary

• variable — [ver′ē ə bəl, var′ē ə bəl] adj. [ME < MFr < L variabilis] 1. apt or likely to change or vary; changeable, inconstant, fickle, fluctuating, etc. 2. that can be changed or varied 3. Biol. tending to deviate in some way from the type; aberrant …   English World dictionary

• Variability — Va ri*a*bil i*ty, n. [Cf. F. variabilit[ e].] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality or state of being variable; variableness. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) The power possessed by living organisms, both animal and vegetable, of adapting themselves to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Variable star — A star is classified as variable if its apparent brightness as seen from Earth changes over time, whether the changes are due to variations in the star s actual luminosity, or to variations in the amount of the star s light that is blocked from… …   Wikipedia

• Variability hypothesis — The variability hypothesis originated in the early nineteenth century with Johann Meckel who argued that females are more variable than males. Because he considered males to be the superior animal Meckel concluded that variation was a sign of… …   Wikipedia

• variable — [[t]ve͟əriəb(ə)l[/t]] variables 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is variable changes quite often, and there usually seems to be no fixed pattern to these changes. The potassium content of foodstuffs is very variable... There was a bit of a wind and… …   English dictionary

• Variability — The term , the state or characteristic of being variable , may be applied to many different subjects:*Solar van *Human variability *Genetic variability *Heart rate variability *Spatial variability *Statistical variability *Climate variability …   Wikipedia

• variable star — Astron. a star that varies markedly in brightness from time to time. Also called variable. [1780 90] * * * Star whose observed brightness varies noticeably in intensity. Pulsating variables expand and contract in cycles, pulsating rhythmically in …   Universalium