Definition of mutability in English:
mutability
noun mjuːtəˈbɪlɪtiˌmjudəˈbɪlədi
mass nounLiability or tendency to change.
the incessant mutability of species
the very diversity of his fans suggest his mutability
Example sentencesExamples
- Sellers translated his vocal mutability into a visual variety, applying wigs and fake noses, playing old men and women, and creating a new kind of stardom.
- This scale assesses emotional stability: high scores indicate maturity and calmness; low scores indicate emotional mutability and greater susceptibility to feelings.
- He criticizes the author for underestimating the mutability and interpenetration of cultures.
- On waking he laments the mutability of human affairs.
- Hay's dances celebrate mutability; the performers can choose their gender each time.
- These problems of cost must be solved if any mechanism to increase general mutability is to persist.
- The mutability suggested by those two comments seemed all too familiar.
- Darwin had been aware since 1837 that the creationist doctrine of fixed species would crumble if only he could find extreme mutability within one species.
- Over the past 10 years, experimental observations have suggested that bacteria might be able to alter their mutability purposefully in response to stress.
- They are claiming an immutable state when their behavior shows extreme mutability.
Definition of mutability in US English:
mutability
nounˌmyo͞odəˈbilədēˌmjudəˈbɪlədi
Liability or tendency to change.
the incessant mutability of species
the very diversity of his fans suggest his mutability
Example sentencesExamples
- This scale assesses emotional stability: high scores indicate maturity and calmness; low scores indicate emotional mutability and greater susceptibility to feelings.
- These problems of cost must be solved if any mechanism to increase general mutability is to persist.
- He criticizes the author for underestimating the mutability and interpenetration of cultures.
- Darwin had been aware since 1837 that the creationist doctrine of fixed species would crumble if only he could find extreme mutability within one species.
- They are claiming an immutable state when their behavior shows extreme mutability.
- On waking he laments the mutability of human affairs.
- Sellers translated his vocal mutability into a visual variety, applying wigs and fake noses, playing old men and women, and creating a new kind of stardom.
- Hay's dances celebrate mutability; the performers can choose their gender each time.
- The mutability suggested by those two comments seemed all too familiar.
- Over the past 10 years, experimental observations have suggested that bacteria might be able to alter their mutability purposefully in response to stress.