Dictionary entry details
• VARIATION (noun)
Meaning:
An instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
variation; fluctuation
Hypernyms ("variation" is a kind of...):
alteration; change; modification (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "variation"):
tide (something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea))
diurnal variation (fluctuations that occur during each day)
daily variation (fluctuations that occur between one day and the next)
business cycle; trade cycle (recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline)
permutation; replacement; substitution; switch; transposition (an event in which one thing is substituted for another)
departure; deviation; difference; divergence (a variation that deviates from the standard or norm)
allomerism ((chemistry) variability in chemical composition without variation in crystalline form)
vicissitude (a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something)
Meaning:
An activity that varies from a norm or standard
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
variation; variance
Context example:
any variation in his routine was immediately reported
Hypernyms ("variation" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Meaning:
A repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("variation" is a kind of...):
idea; melodic theme; musical theme; theme ((music) melodic subject of a musical composition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "variation"):
inversion ((counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa)
partitia (one of the variations contained in a partitia)
Meaning:
Something a little different from others of the same type
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
version; variation; variant; edition
Context examples:
an experimental version of the night fighter / a variant of the same word / an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone / the boy is a younger edition of his father
Hypernyms ("variation" is a kind of...):
type (a subdivision of a particular kind of thing)
Meaning:
An artifact that deviates from a norm or standard
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
he patented a variation on the sandal
Hypernyms ("variation" is a kind of...):
thing (an artifact)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "variation"):
bastard; mongrel (derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin)
Meaning:
The angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
magnetic declination; magnetic variation; variation
Hypernyms ("variation" is a kind of...):
angle (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)
Meaning:
The process of varying or being varied
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("variation" is a kind of...):
physical process; process (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "variation"):
covariation ((statistics) correlated variation)
Meaning:
(astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("variation" is a kind of...):
perturbation ((physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly)
Domain category:
astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "variation"):
libration ((astronomy) a real or apparent slow oscillation of a moon or satellite)
Meaning:
(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
mutant; mutation; sport; variation
Hypernyms ("variation" is a kind of...):
being; organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "variation"):
freak; lusus naturae; monster; monstrosity (a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed)
Meaning:
(ballet) a solo dance or dance figure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
pas seul; variation
Hypernyms ("variation" is a kind of...):
dance; dancing; saltation; terpsichore (taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music)
Domain category:
ballet; concert dance (a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers)
Meaning:
The act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
who is responsible for these variations in taxation?
Hypernyms ("variation" is a kind of...):
change (the action of changing something)
"Tomorrow may not be a better day, but there will always be a better tomorrow." (English proverb)
"Those who lost dreaming are lost." (Aboriginal Australian proverbs)
"You are as many a person as the languages you know." (Armenian proverb)
"Hang a thief when he's young, and he'll no' steal when he's old." (Scottish proverb)
