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Dispersion vs Variability - What's the difference?

dispersion | variability |

As nouns the difference between dispersion and variability

is that dispersion is dispersion, dispersal while variability is the state or characteristic of being variable.

dispersion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The state of being dispersed; dispersedness.
  • A process of dispersing.
  • The degree of scatter of data.
  • (optics) The separation of visible light by refraction or diffraction.
  • (medicine) The removal of inflammation.

    • Related terms

    * dispersivity

    References

    * Chambers's Etymological Dictionary , 1896, p. 131

    variability

    English

    Noun

    (variabilities)
  • the state or characteristic of being variable
  • the degree to which a thing is variable. In data or statistics this is often a measurement of distance from the mean or a description of data range.

    • Synonyms

    * variableness

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