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/vˌeəɹɪˈeɪʃən/
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[ US /ˌvɛɹiˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌvɛɹiˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)
- an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
- (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure
- the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north
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an activity that varies from a norm or standard
any variation in his routine was immediately reported -
the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard
who is responsible for these variations in taxation? - the process of varying or being varied
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something a little different from others of the same type
an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone
the boy is a younger edition of his father
an experimental version of the night fighter
a variant of the same word - (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
- a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
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an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard
he patented a variation on the sandal
How To Use variation In A Sentence
- The material you choose for surfaces including counters, backsplashes and floors can also account for variations in price.
- The remaining three evolutionary forces are nonadaptive in the sense that they are not a function of the fitness properties of individuals: mutation is the ultimate source of variation on which natural selection acts, recombination assorts variation within and among chromosomes, and genetic drift ensures that gene frequencies will deviate a bit from generation to generation independent of other forces. A Disclaimer for Behe?
- If a person drank water contaminated to a level of 75,000 picocuries per liter for an entire year, they would receive an internal radiation dose of about 16 mrem, which is far below the natural variations in the average annual dose of 360 mrem in the US. Atomic Insights Blog
- This inversion technique takes into account atmospheric effects on the radiation and spatial variations in the surface emissivity and backscatter.
- Silanes and siloxanes are actually just two variations on the same chemical theme.
- Such a cynosure, at least in aspect, and something such too in nature, though with important variations made apparent as the story proceeds, was welkin-eyed Billy Budd, or Baby Budd, as more familiarly under circumstances hereafter to be given he at last came to be called, aged twenty-one, a foretopman of the British fleet toward the close of the last decade of the eighteenth century. Billy Budd
- But if there was no national style, there were local variations such as the monasteries and churches at Jarrow and Monkwearmouth in the seventh century. Early medieval architecture: a story of castles and churches
- There is a variation I use when I'm drilling holes in drywall walls. Coffee Cup Keeps Your House Clean During Home Improvement Projects | Lifehacker Australia
- We show that such a variational state is necessary for obtaining a superconducting condensation energy with reasonable magnitude and for the effective mass of the charge carriers not being too large.
- Similarly, the variation of distance refraction and the presence of astigmatism is also lower than for humans.