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variation

noun

1 variation

An instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change.

synonym: fluctuation.

Roget 20a: variation; alteration etc. (change) 140.    modification, moods and tenses; discrepance, discrepancy.    divergency etc. 291; deviation etc. ... show more

Roget 84: number, symbol, numeral, figure, cipher, digit, integer; counter; round number; formula; function; series.    sum, difference, ... show more

2 variation

An activity that varies from a norm or standard:
— Any variation in his routine was immediately reported.

synonym: variance.

Roget 15: difference; variance, variation, variety; diversity, dissimilarity etc. 18; disagreement etc. 24; disparity etc. ... show more

3 variation

A repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished.

Dutch: variant, variatie
Polish: wariacja

4 variation

Something a little different from others of the same type:
— An emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone.

synonyms: edition, variant, version.

Dutch: editie, variant, variatie

5 variation

An artifact that deviates from a norm or standard.

6 variation

The angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north.

synonyms: magnetic declination, magnetic variation.

Dutch: variant
Polish: deklinacja magnetyczna, odchylenie magnetyczne

7 variation

The process of varying or being varied.

8 variation

astronomy Any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon).

9 variation

biology An organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration.

synonyms: mutant, mutation, sport.

Roget 140: change, alteration, mutation, permutation, variation, modification, modulation, inflexion, mood, qualification, innovation, metastasis, deviation, turn, ... show more

10 variation

ballet A solo dance or dance figure.

synonym: pas seul.

11 variation

The act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard.


Moby thesaurus: Nachtmusik, Proteus, aberrancy, aberration, about-face, absolute music, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, air varie, aleatory, aleatory music, allotropism, allotropy, alteration, altering, alternation, amelioration, anacrusis, analysis ... show more.

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