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The definition of variation
9 Definitions of: variation
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- noun, the act, process, condition, or result of changing or varying; diversity
- noun, an instance of varying or the amount, rate, or degree of such change
- noun, something that differs from a standard or convention
- noun, music a) a repetition of a musical theme in which the rhythm, harmony, or melody is altered or embellished b) (as modifier)
- noun, biology a) a marked deviation from the typical form or function b) a characteristic or an organism showing this deviation
- noun, astronomy any change in or deviation from the mean motion or orbit of a planet, satellite, etc, esp a perturbation of the moon
- noun, another word for magnetic declination
- noun, ballet a solo dance
- noun, linguistics any form of morphophonemic change, such as one involved in inflection, conjugation, or vowel mutation
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| Synonyms: | innovation, alternative, variety, modification, departure, variant, change, deviation, difference, diversity | And more... |
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| Antonyms: | uniformity |
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