variation
See also: Variation
Contents
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle French variation, from Old French variacion, from Latin variātiō.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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.
- (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.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
the act or state of varying
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difference between true and magnetic (compass) north
(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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ReferencesEdit
- US FM 55-501 MARINE CREWMAN’S HANDBOOK; 1 December 1999
- variation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- variation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin variātiō. See also véraison.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
variation f (plural variations)
Further readingEdit
- “variation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
variation c
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of variation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | variation | variationen | variationer | variationerna |
| Genitive | variations | variationens | variationers | variationernas |