Main entry: variance, variation
Definition: an activity that varies from a norm or standard
Usage: any variation in his routine was immediately reported
Main entry: 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?
Main entry: pas seul, variation
Definition: (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure
Main entry: variation
Definition: an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard
Usage: he patented a variation on the sandal
Main entry: 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
Main entry: variation
Definition: a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
Main entry: variation, fluctuation
Definition: an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
Main entry: mutant, mutation, variation, sport
Definition: (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
Main entry: variation
Definition: (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)
Main entry: variation
Definition: the process of varying or being varied
Main entry: magnetic declination, magnetic variation, variation
Definition: the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north