What's the difference between modus and variation?

Modus


Definition:

  • (n.) The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance.
  • (n.) A qualification involving the idea of variation or departure from some general rule or form, in the way of either restriction or enlargement, according to the circumstances of the case, as in the will of a donor, an agreement between parties, and the like.
  • (n.) A fixed compensation or equivalent given instead of payment of tithes in kind, expressed in full by the phrase modus decimandi.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This results in individual community psychiatric nurses establishing their own modus operandi and defining their own work practices.
  • (2) Its main modus operandi was to deploy gunmen on motorbikes to kill police, politicians and other opponents.
  • (3) Yes there is an issue for a particular community in a particular area, but even in Rotherham we have seen recent cases of white males using the same modus operandi," she said.
  • (4) Charities have also encountered problems after questioning Jersey's modus operandi.
  • (5) The utility of these changes for dictating further investigation and the appropriate "modus operandi" in diagnostic strategies for the adult and the younger patient are outlined.
  • (6) The hatching from the egg and the modus of infection is described.
  • (7) That's not the case Kieran Hodgson But fraudulence is the Armstrong modus operandi as Hodgson’s show – which plays fabulous games with truth and fiction – acknowledges.
  • (8) physician-patient-relation); every category of syndromes (for instance the "psychosomatic-one") can be understood as a certain relation-modus.
  • (9) Richard Horsey, a Yangon-based political analyst, says: “I think what is important to stress is that so far the modus operandi of the attackers has been similar to the old RSO and other insurgent groups, not terrorism – that is, attacks have been on security targets, not civilians or religious sites.” Matthew Smith, founder and chief executive of non-profit Fortify Rights, agrees.
  • (10) Read more The Microsoft report contains a history of the groups’ operation; a report by security analysts ThreatConnect describes the team’s modus operandi; and competing firm CrowdStrike detailed the attack on the Democratic National Committee shortly before subsequent breaches of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Hillary Clinton campaign were discovered.
  • (11) Colour vision in squint amblyopia depends on the fixation modus.
  • (12) Prophylaxis of GVHD and the modus of protective environment were two other factors which influence the risk of IP.
  • (13) These have been termed 'Modus Operandi', 'Sexual and Personal Gratification' and 'Attitude and Intimacy'.
  • (14) The former FA chairman David Bernstein, who headed Blacks Leisure during a bruising five-year aggressive takeover battle with Sports Direct, once called the company’s modus operandi “aggressive and bullying“.
  • (15) It is Ukip's modus operandi to create political stereotypes because it thinks that is the way to win elections.
  • (16) Why is a modus vivendi of the past 40 years in many of the mill towns along the M62 coming unstuck now, just as their economies are picking up and unemployment has fallen dramatically (in Keighley, it's down by over 50%)?
  • (17) Minor concerns were expressed about two private units in Devon: Westbrook Grange in Barton, near Torquay, run by Modus Care, and James House in Chudleigh, run by the Four Seasons group.
  • (18) But finding a modus vivendi will require a capacity for compromise that has not been the notable feature of a political career lived in a leftwing bubble.
  • (19) Together with the favorable clinical experience obtained with CD4 mAbs as immunomodulatory drugs, these data suggest that infusion of CD4 mAb M-T413 may be a therapeutic modus for immediate prophylactic intervention after occupational exposure to HIV and for prevention of intrapartum mother-to-infant HIV transmission.
  • (20) The first, a multiple time series comparison of MODUs equipped and not equipped with PME, yielded a quantitative estimate of injuries averted.

Variation


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation; as, a variation of color in different lights; a variation in size; variation of language.
  • (n.) Extent to which a thing varies; amount of departure from a position or state; amount or rate of change.
  • (n.) Change of termination of words, as in declension, conjugation, derivation, etc.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) One of the different arrangements which can be made of any number of quantities taking a certain number of them together.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The variation in thickness of the LLFL may modulate the species causing damage to the cells below it.
  • (2) There was appreciable variation in toothbrush wear among subjects, some reducing their brush to a poor state in 2 weeks whereas with others the brush was rated as "good" after 10 weeks.
  • (3) Correction for within-person variation in urinary excretion increased this partial correlation coefficient between intake and excretion to 0.59 (95% CI = 0.03 to 0.87).
  • (4) The coefficient of variation in the integrated area of a single peak is 16%.
  • (5) Sequence variation in the gp116 component of cytomegalovirus envelope glycoprotein B was examined in 11 clinical strains and compared with variation in gp55.
  • (6) Effects of habitual variations in napping on psychomotor performance, short-term memory and subjective states were investigated.
  • (7) A small variation in T1 was found between older (greater than 40 years) and younger (less than 40 years) subjects, but no such effect was observed in the case of T2.
  • (8) The variation of the activity of the peptidase with pH in the presence of various inhibitors was investigated in both control and insulted muscle fibres.
  • (9) This study examined both the effect of variations in optical fiber tip and in light wavelength on laser-induced hyperthermia in rat brain.
  • (10) = 19) with a very low, but statistically significant, correlation with the AUC, r = 0.35 (p less than 0.05), thus demonstrating a very great individual variation in sensitivity to cimetidine.
  • (11) Once the normal variations are mastered, appreciation of retinal, choroidal, optic nerve, and vitreal abnormalities is possible.
  • (12) Regression analysis on the 21 clinical or laboratory parameters studied showed that the only variable independently associated with CSF-FN was the total protein concentration in the CSF; this, however, explained only 14% of the observed variation in the CSF-FN concentration and did not show any correlation with CNS involvement.
  • (13) Pharmacokinetic parameters, such as these clearances, had large intersubject variations.
  • (14) Variability (CV = 0.7%) in body volume of a 45-year-old reference man measured by SH method was very similar to variation (CV = 0.6%) in mass volume of the 60-1 prototype.
  • (15) Further analysis of the role of sex steroid hormones is required in view of the sex variations reported.
  • (16) The overall result of this system has been to decrease the coefficients of variation to below 5% for all the milk and serum proteins tested.
  • (17) The variation in age-specific rates with age was similar for all cancers, as demonstrated by large positive correlation coefficients between age-incidence patterns averaged over all populations.
  • (18) Even though there are variations among equipment bearing the same model number it was considered worthwhile to make available relative cavitational and temperature data.
  • (19) Accordingly, LPA proved an extremely stable characteristic which did not show any substantial variations in the course of five years.
  • (20) Variation in patient mix was a major determinant of the large variations in resource use.