What's the difference between variation and vary?

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.

Vary


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to vary the properties, proportions, or nature of a thing; to vary a posture or an attitude; to vary one's dress or opinions.
  • (v. t.) To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to alternate.
  • (v. t.) To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.
  • (v. t.) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See Variation, 4.
  • (v. i.) To alter, or be altered, in any manner; to suffer a partial change; to become different; to be modified; as, colors vary in different lights.
  • (v. i.) To differ, or be different; to be unlike or diverse; as, the laws of France vary from those of England.
  • (v. i.) To alter or change in succession; to alternate; as, one mathematical quantity varies inversely as another.
  • (v. i.) To deviate; to depart; to swerve; -- followed by from; as, to vary from the law, or from reason.
  • (v. i.) To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension; as, men vary in opinion.
  • (n.) Alteration; change.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) An unsaturated fatty acid auxotroph of Escherichia coli was grown with a series of cis-octadecenoate isomers in which the location of the double bond varied from positions 3 to 17.
  • (2) Ethanol and L-ethionine induce acute steatosis without necrosis, whereas azaserine, carbon tetrachloride, and D-galactosamine are known to produce steatosis with varying degrees of hepatic necrosis.
  • (3) The time of observation varied between 2 and 17 years.
  • (4) However, the relationships between sociometric status and social perception varied as a function of task.
  • (5) Their contour lengths varied from 0.28 to 51 micron, but unlike in the case of maize, a large difference was not observed in the distribution of molecular classes greater than 1.0 micron between N and S cytoplasms of sugar beet.
  • (6) In four main regions the conservation varied from 83-91% while in the remaining regions the homology dropped to between 56-62%.
  • (7) For related pairs, both the primes (first pictures) and targets (second pictures) varied in rated "typicality" (Rosch, 1975), being either typical or relatively atypical members of their primary superordinate category.
  • (8) Change of steps in achieved just by varying the reaction conditions without any product purification.
  • (9) SD is shown to have therapeutic and differential diagnostic significance in varying pathological conditions of cerebral dopaminergic systems.
  • (10) The relative strength of the progressions varies with excitation wavelength and this, together with the absence of a common origin, indicates the existence of two independent emitting states with 0-0' levels separated by either 300 or 1000 cm-1.
  • (11) Although the relative contributions of different fuels varies greatly in different organisms, in none is there a simple reliance on stored ATP.
  • (12) The pH of ST solutions varied with the mode of oxygenation as follows: 7.9-8.2 in Groups I and IV; 8.7-8.9 in Groups II and V; 7.1-7.4 in Groups III and VI.
  • (13) The standard varies from modest to lavish – choose carefully and you could be staying in an antique-filled room with your host's paintings on the walls, and breakfasting on the veranda of a tropical garden.
  • (14) According to the experience of clinical trials the recommended ciprofloxacin dose varies between 100 and 500 mg b.i.d.
  • (15) The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether the signaling behaviors of female Long-Evans rats varies over the estrous cycle.
  • (16) The frequency of oesophageal cancer varies among the native and immigrant populations in different countries.
  • (17) In the first experiment ovariectomized female hamsters were administered varying dosages of progesterone (P), dihydrotestosterone (DHT) or CI-628 at the same time (concurrently) as estrogen (EB) or 48 hr after EB (sequentially).
  • (18) Widely varying numbers of endocrine cells were identified in 12 out of 64 cases of uterine cancer in the course of histochemical and electron microscopic examination.
  • (19) Products formed during electrooxidation were monitored as the electrode potential was varied.
  • (20) A total of 63 patients (95%) showed varying degrees of hyperostosis involving the cribiform plate, planum sphenoidale, or tuberculum sellae (including the chiasmatic sulcus).