[
UK
/vˌeəɹɪɡˈeɪʃən/
]
NOUN
- variability in coloration
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the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered)
my broker recommended a greater diversification of my investments
he limited his losses by diversification of his product line
How To Use variegation In A Sentence
- To finish his works, Gianakos applies a layer of protective lacquer that makes the wrinkles and variegations in tone permanent.
- I have just experienced a renascent intrerest in the endless variegation of folk music.
- This cultivar has attractive creamywhite variegation on the mid-green leaves, which becomes tinged with pink in winter. Times, Sunday Times
- They come with many different leaf colours, from maroon and cream, to copper and lime, usually with interesting variegations.
- The green is often variegated with yellow or white - the variegation itself can be flushed with pink and may be marbled, blotched or neatly edge each leaf.
- Plants can lose their variegation, with branches and foliage turning plain green. Times, Sunday Times
- In the end, it proves disastrous - disastrous for complexity, analysis, richness, variegation - for the novel to conjure its vision of Texas from a scabrous adolescent narrator.
- The catwalk labels have finally caught up with this variegation. Times, Sunday Times
- The heaped eggs catch the light in subtle variegation. Times, Sunday Times
- Pale variegation will give you brightness too. Times, Sunday Times
