n. [ L. mutabilitas: cf. F. mutabilité. ] The quality of being mutable, or subject to change or alteration, either in form, state, or essential character; susceptibility of change; changeableness; inconstancy; variation. [ 1913 Webster ]
Plato confessed that the heavens and the frame of the world are corporeal, and therefore subject to mutability. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. mutabilis, fr. mutare to change. See Move. ]
Things of the most accidental and mutable nature. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being mutable. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Changeably. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Mytacism. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. ] A process for checking the fermentation of the must of grapes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A chemical compound or other external influence (such as ionizing radiation) which causes mutations{ 3 }. [ PJC ]
n. the causing of a mutation or the occurrence of a mutation{ 3 }. [ PJC ]
n. the degree or measure of the ability to cause mutation{ 3 }; -- said of mutagens. [ PJC ]
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