Variations

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

Variation means an instance of change or the rate or magnitude of change. It may refer to: Biology:BiodiversityGenetic diversity, differences within a speciesPhysics:Magnetic variation, difference between magnetic north and true north, measured as an angleVariation (astronomy), any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite, particularly of the MoonMathematics:Bounded variationCalculus of variations, a field of mathematics which deals with functions of functions.Coefficient of variation in statistics, the magnitude of variance relative to the mean. Variation often refers to a vague notion of the extent of spread in measurements of a variable, quantified in the variance. Permutation
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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

n. variation, change, range, fluctuation

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