- var|i|a|tion
- var|i|a|tion «VAIR ee AY shuhn», noun.2. the act of changing: »
There was no variation in his expression, whatever his mood.
3. the amount of change: »There was a variation of 30 degrees in the temperature yesterday.
4. a varied or changed form.5. Music. a) a tune or theme repeated with changes in rhythm or harmony; a change, modification, or embellishment by which on repetition the theme appears in a new but still recognizable form. b) one of a series of such modifications upon a theme.6. Biology. a) a deviation of an animal or plant from type; deviation or divergence in the structure, character, or function of an organism from those typical of or usual in the species or group or from those of the parents. b) an animal or plant showing such deviation or divergence.7. Astronomy. the deviation of a heavenly body, such as the moon, from its average orbit or motion.8. Mathematics. one of the different ways in which the members of any group or set may be combined.9. Geography, Aeronautics. the angular difference between geographic north and magnetic north from any point.╂[< Old French variation, learned borrowing from Latin variātiō, -ōnis < variāre to vary]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.