n. act or instance of varying; degree of diversity; change; modified version (as of a musical piece); deviation

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Noun
1. an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
(synonym) fluctuation
(hypernym) change, alteration, modification
(hyponym) vicissitude
(derivation) vary
2. an activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any variation in his routine was immediately reported"
(synonym) variance
(hypernym) activity
(derivation) deviate, vary, diverge, depart
3. a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
(hypernym) theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea
(hyponym) inversion
4. something a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "an emery wheel is a modern variant of the grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father"
(synonym) version, variant, edition
(hypernym) type
(derivation) change, alter, vary
5. an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard; "he patented a variation on the sandal"
(hypernym) thing
(hyponym) bastard, mongrel
6. the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north
(synonym) magnetic declination, magnetic variation
(hypernym) angle
(derivation) vary
7. (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)
(hypernym) perturbation
(hyponym) libration
(derivation) vary
(classification) astronomy, uranology
8. (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
(synonym) mutant, mutation, sport
(hypernym) organism, being
(hyponym) freak, monster, monstrosity, lusus naturae
(derivation) deviate, vary, diverge, depart
(classification) biology, biological science
9. (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure
(synonym) pas seul
(hypernym) dancing, dance, terpsichore, saltation
(classification) ballet, concert dance
10. the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard; "who is responsible for these variations in taxation?"
(hypernym) change
(derivation) vary, variegate, motley

nf. variation, diversity, difference, change

nf. variation, change, range, fluctuation