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.
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fluctuating vs. variation
contrast vs. variation
flectional vs. variation
oncometer vs. variation
barometrograph vs. variation
aeroscopy vs. variation
kymograph vs. variation
chaconne vs. variation
passage vs. variation
content vs. variation
orientation vs. variation
expression vs. variation
specification vs. variation
fluctuation vs. variation
dissimilar vs. variation
disparity vs. variation
conflict vs. variation
portrayal vs. variation
demonstration vs. variation
variability vs. variation
libration vs. variation
variation vs. variegation
gravimeter vs. variation
modus vs. variation
cytogenesis vs. variation
adaptation vs. variation
tolerance vs. variation
heterochrony vs. variation
variance vs. variation
monolithic vs. variation
rotation vs. variation
variation vs. version
variation vs. various
variant vs. variation
orchestration vs. variation
texture vs. variation
counterpoint vs. variation
timbre vs. variation
harmony vs. variation
melody vs. variation
alteration vs. variation
material vs. variation
technique vs. variation
direction vs. variation
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difference vs. variation
angular vs. variation
distinct vs. variation
related vs. variation
diversity vs. variation
mutation vs. variation
alternation vs. variation
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discrepancy vs. variation
deviation vs. variation
change vs. variation
leeway vs. variation
perturbation vs. variation
even vs. variation
variation vs. vary
rhythm vs. variation
rogue vs. variation
rex vs. variation
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abnormality vs. variation