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variation
[ vair-ee-ey-shuhn ]
noun
- the act, process, or accident of varying in condition, character, or degree:
Prices are subject to variation.
Synonyms: , , , , ,
- an instance of this:
There is a variation in the quality of fabrics in this shipment.
- amount, rate, extent, or degree of change:
a temperature variation of 40° in a particular climate.
- a different form of something; variant.
- Music.
- the transformation of a melody or theme with changes or elaborations in harmony, rhythm, and melody.
- Ballet. a solo dance, especially one forming a section of a pas de deux.
- Astronomy. any deviation from the mean orbit of a heavenly body, especially of a planetary or satellite orbit.
- Also called magnetic declination, Navigation. the angle between the geographic and the magnetic meridian at a given point, expressed in plus degrees east or minus degrees west of true north. Compare deviation ( def 4 ).
- Biology. a difference or deviation in structure or character from others of the same species or group.
variation
/ ˌɛəɪˈɪʃə /
noun
- the act, process, condition, or result of changing or varying; diversity
- an instance of varying or the amount, rate, or degree of such change
- something that differs from a standard or convention
- music
- a repetition of a musical theme in which the rhythm, harmony, or melody is altered or embellished
- ( as modifier )
variation form
- biology
- a marked deviation from the typical form or function
- a characteristic or an organism showing this deviation
- astronomy any change in or deviation from the mean motion or orbit of a planet, satellite, etc, esp a perturbation of the moon
- another word for magnetic declination
- ballet a solo dance
- linguistics any form of morphophonemic change, such as one involved in inflection, conjugation, or vowel mutation
Derived Forms
- ˌˈپDzԲ, adverb
- ˌˈپDzԲ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- i·tDz· ···پ [vair, -ee-ey-tiv], adjective
- i·tDz··ly i·t· adverb
- t·r·tDz noun
- ԴDzv··tDz noun
- v·i·tDz noun
- v··tDz noun
- -i·tDz noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of variation1
Example Sentences
“We do have temperature variations at different points, but this is a little bit atypical.”
A variation of hollandaise, béarnaise consists of nothing but lemon, butter, eggs, vinegar and, of course, tarragon.
"We're not seeing patterns from police data, or whether there are any regional variations or what different police forces are seeing, as well as what those outcomes are like."
“For me, it’s exciting just because there hasn’t been much of this,” Muncy said, noting that outside of the wood types and handle variations, bats have largely remained unchanged over the history of the sport.
Water bills are going up, but there is a lot of variation depending on the company.
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