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variation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

(US) audio non-Mary-marry-merry
/ˌvæɹiˈeɪʃn̩/ (General-American)
/ˌvɛəɹɪˈeɪʃn̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
(US) audio Mary-marry-merry
/ˌvɛɹiˈeɪʃn̩/ (General-American)
/ˌvɛəɹiˈeɪʃn̩/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle French variation, from Old French variacion, from Latin variātiō, from vary + -ation.

Meanings

(uncountable, usually) The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing.
- Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. 2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
(uncountable, usually) A related but distinct thing.
- Selfishness has different variations, but in the end it is all the same. 2020 May 10, “Cultivation Experience of a Young Practitioner Born in the 90s”, in Minghui:
- All of his soups are variations on a single recipe.
- When the process didn't work, we tried a variation.
(uncountable, usually) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north.
(qualifier:board games, uncountable, usually) A line of play that differs from the original.
(uncountable, usually) A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass.
(uncountable, usually) The modification of a hereditary trait.
(uncountable, usually) Deviation from the mean orbit of a heavenly body.
(uncountable, usually) The situation where two or more linguistic forms appear in the same environment without a change in meaning, the choice of form being determined by factors of dialect, sociolect, register or simply the speaker's preference.
(uncountable, usually) An infinitesimal perturbation applied to a function, typically denoted δf, used to probe how a functional changes.
(uncountable, usually) The corresponding first-order change in a functional induced by such a perturbation, typically denoted δJ[f] and called the first variation.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
variations	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (116)

ru разнови́дность (related but distinct thing) · pt variante (related but distinct thing) · el παραλλαγή (a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme) · cs variace (the act or state of varying) · sv variant ((board games) a line of play that differs from the original) · da variant ((board games) a line of play that differs from the original) · ja 変動 (the act or state of varying) · nb variasjon (the act or state of varying) · sv variation (a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme) · nn variasjon (the act or state of varying) · tl kaibahan (the act or state of varying) · nl variatie (the act or state of varying) · da variation (related but distinct thing) · cmn 變奏曲 /变奏曲 (a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme) · es variación (the act or state of varying) · fi vaihtelu (the act or state of varying) · da variation (a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme) · ca variant (related but distinct thing) · ga éagsúlacht (the act or state of varying) · ka სახესხვაობა (the act or state of varying) · bg вариа́нт (related but distinct thing) · kk вариация (related but distinct thing) · fi muuntelu (the act or state of varying) · fr variante (related but distinct thing) · ja 変奏曲 (a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme) · nl variatie (a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme) · ms kesenjangan (the act or state of varying) · tr çeşitleme (a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme) · vi sự thay đổi (the act or state of varying) · sv avvikelse (difference between true and magnetic (compass) north) · bg вариа́ция (a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme) · ka ვარიანტი (related but distinct thing) · da variation (the act or state of varying) · it variante (related but distinct thing) · sv variation (the act or state of varying) · km បំរែបំរួល (the act or state of varying) · ja 変化 (the act or state of varying) · vi sự biến đổi (the act or state of varying) · fi muunnos (related but distinct thing) · ml വ്യതിയാനം (the act or state of varying) · nl variant ((board games) a line of play that differs from the original) · bg промяна (the act or state of varying) · ru измене́ние (the act or state of varying) · ar تَرَاوُح (the act or state of varying) · ga athruithe (the act or state of varying) · eo variaĵo (related but distinct thing) · ro variere (the act or state of varying) · fr variante ((board games) a line of play that differs from the original) · ka ვარიაცია (a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme) · sv variation (related but distinct thing) · ar اِخْتِلَاف (the act or state of varying) · ml വ്യതിയാനം (related but distinct thing) · pl zmienność (the act or state of varying) · ru вариа́ция (a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme) · fr variation (the act or state of varying) · it variazione (a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme) · de Variante ((board games) a line of play that differs from the original) · eo ŝanĝo (the act or state of varying) · gd atharrachadh (the act or state of varying) · ru вариа́нт (related but distinct thing) · ka ვარიაცია (the act or state of varying) · ca variació (a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme) · kk вариация (a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme) · vi biến thể (related but distinct thing) · tr varyasyon (the act or state of varying) · grc παράλλαγμα (the act or state of varying) · gd caochladh (the act or state of varying) · fi muuntelu (a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme) · eo diverseco (the act or state of varying) · bg отклонение (difference between true and magnetic (compass) north) · ka სახესხვაობა (related but distinct thing) · ja 変分 (an infinitesimal perturbation of a function, or the resulting first-order change in a functional) · cmn 變動 /变动 (the act or state of varying) · bg разнови́дност (related but distinct thing) · pt variação (the act or state of varying) · fr variation (a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme) · mi tāupetanga (the act or state of varying) · tl baryasyon (the act or state of varying) · sv variant (related but distinct thing) · it variazione (the act or state of varying) · cmn 變化 /变化 (the act or state of varying) · ru варьи́рование (the act or state of varying) · de Variation (a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme) · vi biến ((board games) a line of play that differs from the original) · es variación (related but distinct thing) · ro variație (the act or state of varying) · gd mùthadh (the act or state of varying) · la variātiō (the act or state of varying) · fi muunnos ((board games) a line of play that differs from the original) · km បំរែបំរួល (related but distinct thing) · de Veränderung (the act or state of varying) · da variant (related but distinct thing) · nl afwisseling (the act or state of varying) · fr déclinaison (difference between true and magnetic (compass) north) · cs obměna (the act or state of varying) · bg вариант ((board games) a line of play that differs from the original) · pt variação (a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme) · pt variação (related but distinct thing) · bg изменение (the act or state of varying) · ka სახესხვაობა (a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme) · nl variant (related but distinct thing) · ko 변화 (the act or state of varying) · kk түрлендірме (related but distinct thing) · tr çeşitleme (the act or state of varying) · ru вариа́ция (related but distinct thing) · gl variación (the act or state of varying) · nl verandering (the act or state of varying) · ga malartaíocht (appearance of two or more linguistic forms) · ca variació (the act or state of varying) · ka ვარიაცია (related but distinct thing) · de Umbildung (the act or state of varying) · da afvigelse (difference between true and magnetic (compass) north) · fi eranto (difference between true and magnetic (compass) north) · de Variation (the act or state of varying) · cmn 變分 /变分 (an infinitesimal perturbation of a function, or the resulting first-order change in a functional) · pl wariacja (a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme)

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