1. variation(n = noun.event) fluctuation - an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change;
is a kind of alteration, change, modification
has particulars: vicissitude, allomerism, departure, deviation, difference, divergence, permutation, replacement, substitution, switch, transposition, business cycle, trade cycle, daily variation, diurnal variation, tide
Derived form verb vary3
2. variation(n = noun.act) variance - an activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any variation in his routine was immediately reported"
is a kind of activity
Derived form verb vary2
3. variation(n = noun.communication) - a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished;
is a kind of idea, melodic theme, musical theme, theme
has particulars: inversion, partita
4. variation(n = noun.cognition) edition, variant, version - something a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "a variant of the same word"; "an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father"
is a kind of type
Derived form verb vary1
5. variation(n = noun.artifact) - an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard; "he patented a variation on the sandal"
is a kind of thing
has particulars: bastard, mongrel
6. variation(n = noun.shape) magnetic declination, magnetic variation - the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north;
is a kind of angle
Derived form verb vary3
7. variation(n = noun.process) - the process of varying or being varied;
is a kind of physical process, process
has particulars: covariation
8. variation(n = noun.phenomenon) - (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon);
is a kind of perturbation
has particulars: libration
Derived forms verb vary2, verb vary3
9. variation(n = noun.person) mutant, mutation, sport - (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration;
is a kind of being, organism
has particulars: freak, lusus naturae, monster, monstrosity
Derived form verb vary2
10. variation(n = noun.act) pas seul - (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure;
is a kind of dance, dancing, saltation, terpsichore
11. variation(n = noun.act) - the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard; "who is responsible for these variations in taxation?"
is a kind of change
Derived form verb vary4
1. The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alteration; mutation; diversity; deviation; as, a variation of color in different lights; a variation in size; variation of language. [1913 Webster]
"The essences of things are conceived not capable of any such variation." [1913 Webster]
2. Extent to which a thing varies; amount of departure from a position or state; amount or rate of change. [1913 Webster]
3. Change of termination of words, as in declension, conjugation, derivation, etc. [1913 Webster]
4. Repetition of a theme or melody with fanciful embellishments or modifications, in time, tune, or harmony, or sometimes change of key; the presentation of a musical thought in new and varied aspects, yet so that the essential features of the original shall still preserve their identity. [1913 Webster]
5. One of the different arrangements which can be made of any number of quantities taking a certain number of them together. [1913 Webster]
variation, n.
1 the act or an instance of varying.
2 departure from a former or normal condition, action, or amount, or from a standard or type (prices are subject to variation).
3 the extent of this.
4 a thing that varies from a type.
5 Mus. a repetition (usu. one of several) of a theme in a changed or elaborated form.
6 Astron. a deviation of a heavenly body from its mean orbit or motion.
7 Math. a change in a function etc. due to small changes in the values of constants etc.
8 Ballet a solo dance.
Derivative:
variational adj.
Etymology:
ME f. OF variation or L variatio (as VARY)
N difference, variance, variation, variety, diversity, dissimilarity, disagreement, disparity, distinction, contradistinction, alteration, modification, permutation, moods and tenses, nice distinction, fine distinction, delicate distinction, subtle distinction, shade of difference, nuance, discrimination, differentia, different thing, something else, apple off another tree, another pair of shoes, horse of a different color, this that or the other, differing, different, diverse, heterogeneous, multifarious, polyglot, distinguishable, dissimilar, varied, modified, diversified, various, divers, all manner of, all kinds of, variform, daedal, other, another, not the same, unequal, unmatched, widely apart, poles apart, distinctive, characteristic, discriminative, distinguishing, incommensurable, incommensurate, differently, il y a fagots et fagots.
N dissimilarity, dissimilaritude, unlikeness, diversity, disparity, dissemblance, divergence, variation, difference, novelty, originality, creativeness, oogamy, dissimilar, unlike, disparate, divergent, of a different kind, unmatched, unique, new, novel, unprecedented, original, nothing of the kind, no such thing, quite another thing, far from it, cast in a different mold, tertium quid, as like a dock as a daisy, very like a whale, as different as chalk from cheese, as different as Macedon and Monmouth, lucus a non lucendo, diversified, otherwise, diis aliter visum, no more like my father than I to Hercules.
N variation, alteration, modification, moods and tenses, discrepance, discrepancy, divergency, deviation, aberration, innovation, varied, modified, diversified.
N number, symbol, numeral, figure, cipher, digit, integer, counter, round number, formula, function, series, sum, difference, complement, subtrahend, product, multiplicand, multiplier, multiplicator, coefficient, multiple, dividend, divisor, factor, quotient, submultiple, fraction, rational number, surd, irrational number, transcendental number, mixed number, complex number, complex conjugate, numerator, denominator, decimal, circulating decimal, repetend, common measure, aliquot part, prime number, prime, relative prime, prime factor, prime pair, reciprocal, totient, binary number, octal number, hexadecimal number, permutation, combination, variation, election, ratio, proportion, comparison, progression, arithmetical progression, geometrical progression, harmonical progression, percentage, permilage, figurate numbers, pyramidal numbers, polygonal numbers, power, root, exponent, index, logarithm, antilogarithm, modulus, base, differential, integral, fluxion, fluent, numeral, complementary, divisible, aliquot, reciprocal, prime, relatively prime, fractional, decimal, figurate, incommensurable, proportional, exponential, logarithmic, logometric, differential, fluxional, integral, totitive, positive, negative, rational, irrational, surd, radical, real, complex, imaginary, finite, infinite, impossible, numerically, modulo.
N change, alteration, mutation, permutation, variation, modification, modulation, inflexion, mood, qualification, innovation, metastasis, deviation, turn, evolution, revolution, diversion, break, transformation, transfiguration, metamorphosis, transmutation, deoxidization, transubstantiation, mutagenesis transanimation, transmigration, metempsychosis, avatar, alterative, conversion, revolution &c (sudden or radical change), inversion, displacement, transference, changeableness, tergiversation, changed, newfangled, changeable, transitional, modifiable, alterative, mutatis mutandis, Int, quantum mutatus!, a change came o'er the spirit of my dream, nous avons change tout cela, tempora mutantur nos et mutamur in illis, non sum qualis eram, casaque tourner, corpora lente augescent cito extinguuntur, in statu quo ante bellum, still ending and beginning still, vox audita perit littera scripta manet.