Variation - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˌverɪˈeɪʃn|  American pronunciation of the word variation
Brit.  |veərɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word variation

noun

- an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change (syn: fluctuation)
- an activity that varies from a norm or standard (syn: variance)
any variation in his routine was immediately reported
- a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
- something a little different from others of the same type (syn: edition, variant, version)
an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone
- an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard
he patented a variation on the sandal
- the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north
- the process of varying or being varied
- (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)
- (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration (syn: mutant, mutation, sport)
- (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure
- the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard
who is responsible for these variations in taxation?

Extra examples

...the movie begins with a somewhat irreverent variation on the Nativity story...

...the latest in a long line of variations in her hair color...

White bread is really just a variation of French bread.

There is a great deal of variation among the responses.

The study concluded that the variation between the CD players was very small.

Most of his poems are variations on the theme of love.

Bach's Goldberg variations

...color variation in the snow leopard's pelage...

...reamed a whole new generation of suckers with a variation of the Ponzi scheme...

There is very little melodic variation in the piece.

There may be a variation of plus or minus 5% in the prices that are quoted.

The variation is not statistically significant.

Word forms

noun
singular: variation
plural: variations
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