variation
变化,变异,变体,变奏
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Definitions
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- : the act, process, or accident of varying in condition, character, or degree: Prices are subject to variation.
- : an instance of this: There is a variation in the quality of fabrics in this shipment.
- : amount, rate, extent, or degree of change: a temperature variation of 40° in a particular climate.
- : a different form of something; variant.
- : Music. the transformation of a melody or theme with changes or elaborations in harmony, rhythm, and melody.a varied form of a melody or theme, especially one of a series of such forms developing the capacities of the subject.
- : Ballet. a solo dance, especially one forming a section of a pas de deux.
- : Astronomy. any deviation from the mean orbit of a heavenly body, especially of a planetary or satellite orbit.
- : Also called magnetic declination, magnetic variation. Navigation. the angle between the geographic and the magnetic meridian at a given point, expressed in plus degrees east or minus degrees west of true north.Compare deviation.
- : Biology. a difference or deviation in structure or character from others of the same species or group.
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Examples
Some variation of the truth will set you free, so I suggest you go on a truth offensive.
He was initially focused on temperature variations, and he viewed the pressure peaks as unwelcome noise.
Inter-subject variations are to be expected, for example due to differences in physiology, mask fit, head position, speech pattern and such.
This big data approach scans existing genomic databases for variations in DNA coding that could lead to differences in some outcome—for example, long versus short life.
Some frequencies will show up more strongly than others, and these variations highlight patterns — for instance, a strong frequency might indicate that the list contains more odd numbers than even ones.
As I went spelunking through the research literature, I found a huge variation in definitions.
Biological variation was celebrated in the pantheon of the gods.
At one point in this show, a variation of this happened, in succession.
Climate warming can be charted as a long-term rising trend with variation.
Papers and websites are filled with opinion pieces running some variation of the title “Who lost Iraq?”
Marked variation in the amount at successive examinations strongly suggests a neurosis.
The variation of the compass in this interval is scarcely affected by the ship's local attraction.