noun
- The quality of being subject to variation.
- synonyms: variableness, variance
- The quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity.
- synonyms: unevenness
Hypermutable and Variability
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (n.) The quality or state of being variable; variableness.
- (n.) The power possessed by living organisms, both animal and vegetable, of adapting themselves to modifications or changes in their environment, thus possibly giving rise to ultimate variation of structure or function.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(DoD, NATO) The manner in which the probability of damage to a specific target decreases with the distance from ground zero; or, in damage assessment, a mathematical factor introduced to average the effects of orientation, minor shielding, and uncertainty of target response to the effects considered.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.