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Variation

//ˌvɛəɹɪˈeɪʃn̩// noun

Noun

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The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing. uncountable, usually
"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."
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an activity that varies from a norm or standard wordnet
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A related but distinct thing. uncountable, usually
"When the process didn't work, we tried a variation."
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the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard wordnet
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The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north. uncountable, usually

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(ballet) a solo dance or dance figure wordnet
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A line of play that differs from the original. uncountable, usually
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an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard wordnet
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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
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something a little different from others of the same type wordnet
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The modification of a hereditary trait. uncountable, usually
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a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished wordnet
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Deviation from the mean orbit of a heavenly body. uncountable, usually
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an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change wordnet
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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
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(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration wordnet
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(astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon) wordnet
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the process of varying or being varied wordnet
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the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north wordnet

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

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