variation
See also: Variation
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French variation, from Old French variacion, from Latin variātiō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌvɛəɹɪˈeɪʃn̩/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌvɛəɹiˈeɪʃn̩/, /ˌvæɹiˈeɪʃn̩/, /ˌvɛɹiˈeɪʃn̩/
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Noun edit
variation (usually uncountable, plural variations)
- The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing.
- 2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
- 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.
- A related but distinct thing.
- When the process didn't work, we tried a variation.
- All of his soups are variations on a single recipe.
- 2020 May 10, “Cultivation Experience of a Young Practitioner Born in the 90s”, in Minghui[1]:
- Selfishness has different variations, but in the end it is all the same.
- (nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north.
- Synonym: magnetic declination
- (board games) A line of play that differs from the original.
- (music) 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.
- (genetics) The modification of a hereditary trait.
- (astronomy) Deviation from the mean orbit of a heavenly body.
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Translations edit
the act or state of varying
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difference between true and magnetic (compass) north
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(board games) a line of play that differs from the original
a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme
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References edit
- US FM 55-501 MARINE CREWMAN’S HANDBOOK; 1 December 1999
- “variation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “variation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin variātiōnem. See also véraison.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
variation f (plural variations)
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Further reading edit
- “variation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From French variation, attested from 1656.[1]
Noun edit
variation c
Declension edit
Declension of variation | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | variation | variationen | variationer | variationerna |
Genitive | variations | variationens | variationers | variationernas |
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References edit
- ^ variation in Svensk ordbok.