English noun: variation | |||
1. | variation (event) an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change | ||
Synonyms | fluctuation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alteration, change, modification | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | allomerism, business cycle, daily variation, departure, deviation, difference, diurnal variation, divergence, permutation, replacement, substitution, switch, tide, trade cycle, transposition, vicissitude | ||
2. | variation (act) an activity that varies from a norm or standard | ||
Samples | Any variation in his routine was immediately reported. | ||
Synonyms | variance | ||
Broader (hypernym) | activity | ||
3. | variation (communication) a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished | ||
Broader (hypernym) | idea, melodic theme, musical theme, theme | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | inversion, partita | ||
4. | variation (cognition) something a little different from others of the same type | ||
Samples | An experimental version of the night fighter. A variant of the same word. An emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone. The boy is a younger edition of his father. | ||
Synonyms | edition, variant, version | ||
Broader (hypernym) | type | ||
5. | variation (artifact) an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard | ||
Samples | He patented a variation on the sandal. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | thing | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bastard, mongrel | ||
6. | variation (shape) the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north | ||
Synonyms | magnetic declination, magnetic variation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | angle | ||
7. | variation (process) the process of varying or being varied | ||
Broader (hypernym) | physical process, process | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | covariation | ||
8. | variation (phenomenon) (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon) | ||
Broader (hypernym) | perturbation | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | libration | ||
Domain category | astronomy, uranology | ||
9. | variation (person) (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration | ||
Synonyms | mutant, mutation, sport | ||
Broader (hypernym) | being, organism | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | freak, lusus naturae, monster, monstrosity | ||
Domain category | biological science, biology | ||
10. | variation (act) (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure | ||
Synonyms | pas seul | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dance, dancing, saltation, terpsichore | ||
Domain category | ballet, concert dance | ||
11. | variation (act) the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard | ||
Samples | Who is responsible for these variations in taxation?. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | change | ||