adj 1  :  able or apt to vary  :  subject to variation or changes <allergy is perhaps the most of all diseases -H. G. Rapaport & Shirley Linde>   2  :  characterized by variations  3  :  not true to type  :  ABERRANT - used of a biological group or character vari*abil*i*ty n pl  -ties  
n :  something that is variable .
 
   
 
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