Definitions for variation

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variation var·i·a·tion

Spelling: [vair-ee-ey-shuh n]

IPA: /ˌvɛər iˈeɪ ʃən/

Variation is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 287 anagrams from letters in variation (aaiinortv).

Definitions for variation

noun

1. the act, process, or accident of varying in condition, character, or degree:
2. an instance of this:
3. amount, rate, extent, or degree of change:
4. a different form of something; variant.
5. Music. the transformation of a melody or theme with changes or elaborations in harmony, rhythm, and melody. a varied form of a melody or theme, especially one of a series of such forms developing the capacities of the subject.
6. Ballet. a solo dance, especially one forming a section of a pas de deux.
7. Astronomy. any deviation from the mean orbit of a heavenly body, especially of a planetary or satellite orbit.
8. Also called magnetic declination, magnetic variation. Navigation. the angle between the geographic and the magnetic meridian at a given point, expressed in plus degrees east or minus degrees west of true north. Compare deviation (def 4).
9. Biology. a difference or deviation in structure or character from others of the same species or group.

Origin of variation

1350-1400; Latin variātiōn- (stem of variātiō), equivalent to variāt(us) (see variate) + -iōn- -ion; replacing Middle English variacioun An

Examples for variation

Climate warming can be charted as a long-term rising trend with variation.

At one point in this show, a variation of this happened, in succession.

The variation seemed in a manner proportional to the pressure.

He was glad to have discovered that variation; but he could discover nothing else.

There is a set of booster vaccines at about kindergarten age, with a little bit of variation from practice to practice.

By sticking to the variation you hold by, there is individualism.

If it is not this identical system, it is a variation of it.

The essence of truth cannot be affected by the variation of external circumstances.

Papers and websites are filled with opinion pieces running some variation of the title “Who lost Iraq?”

Time him as often as you will, you can never convict him of a second's variation.