variation

1. 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. Source: opted

2. n. Extent to which a thing varies; amount of departure from a position or state; amount or rate of change. Source: opted

3. n. Change of termination of words, as in declension, conjugation, derivation, etc. Source: opted

4. 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. Source: opted

5. n. One of the different arrangements which can be made of any number of quantities taking a certain number of them together. Source: opted

6. n. an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change Source: wordnet

7. n. an activity that varies from a norm or standard Source: wordnet

8. n. a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished Source: wordnet

9. n. something a little different from others of the same type Source: wordnet

10. n. an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard Source: wordnet

11. n. the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north Source: wordnet

12. n. the process of varying or being varied Source: wordnet

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