Definition: an activity that varies from a norm or standard
Usage: any variation in his routine was immediately reported
Similar words: activity
Definition: any specific behavior
Usage: they avoided all recreational activity
Synonyms: variation
Definition: the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard
Usage: who is responsible for these variations in taxation?
Similar words: change
Definition: the action of changing something
Usage: the change of government had no impact on the economy; his change on abortion cost him the election
Definition: (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure
Similar words: saltation, terpsichore, dance, dancing
Definition: taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
Synonyms: variation
Definition: an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard
Usage: he patented a variation on the sandal
Synonyms: edition, variant, variation, version
Definition: something a little different from others of the same type
Usage: 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
Similar words: type
Definition: a subdivision of a particular kind of thing
Usage: what type of sculpture do you prefer?
Synonyms: variation
Definition: a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
Similar words: theme, melodic theme, idea, musical theme
Definition: (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
Usage: the theme is announced in the first measures; the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it
Synonyms: variation, fluctuation
Definition: an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
Similar words: change, modification, alteration
Definition: an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
Usage: the change was intended to increase sales; this storm is certainly a change for the worse; the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago
Synonyms: mutant, mutation, variation, sport
Definition: (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
Similar words: organism, being
Definition: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
Synonyms: variation
Definition: (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)
Similar words: perturbation
Definition: (physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly
Synonyms: variation
Definition: the process of varying or being varied
Similar words: physical process, process
Definition: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
Usage: events now in process; the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls
Synonyms: magnetic declination, magnetic variation, variation
Definition: the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north
Similar words: angle
Definition: the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians