VARIABLENESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The quality of being subject to variation

Synonyms:

variability; variableness; variance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("variableness" is a kind of...):

changeability; changeableness (the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "variableness"):

variedness (characterized by variation)

variegation (variability in coloration)

personal equation (variability attributable to individual differences)

Antonym:

invariableness (the quality of being resistant to variation)

Derivation:

variable ((used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied)

variable (liable to or capable of change)

variable (marked by diversity or difference)