Meaning of 'variation'

noun

an activity that varies from a norm or standard

Example: "Any variation in their routine was immediately reported."

Synonyms: variance

noun

the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard

Example: "who is responsible for these variations in taxation?"

noun

(ballet) a solo dance or dance figure

Synonyms: pas seul

noun

an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard

Example: "I patented a variation on the sandal."

noun

something a little different from others of the same type

Synonyms: variant edition

noun

a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished

noun

an instance of change

Synonyms: fluctuation

noun

(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

Synonyms: mutant

noun

(astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)

noun

the process of varying or being varied

noun

the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north

Synonyms: magnetic declination magnetic variation