Variation (Noun)
Meaning 1
An activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any variation in his routine was immediately reported".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 2
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".
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Meaning 3
The act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard; "who is responsible for these variations in taxation?".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 4
An artifact that deviates from a norm or standard; "he patented a variation on the sandal".
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 5
(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration.
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Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 6
A repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 7
(ballet) a solo dance or dance figure.
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 8
An instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change.
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Nouns denoting natural events.
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Meaning 9
The angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north.
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Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes.
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Meaning 10
(astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon).
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Nouns denoting natural phenomena.
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Meaning 11
The process of varying or being varied.
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Nouns denoting natural processes.