"variation" Definition

Definitions for the word "variation" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation; as, a variation of color in different lights; a variation in size; variation of language.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
Extent to which a thing varies; amount of departure from a position or state; amount or rate of change.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Change of termination of words, as in declension, conjugation, derivation, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
Repetition of a theme or melody with fanciful embellishments or modifications, in time, tune, or harmony, or sometimes change of key; the presentation of a musical thought in new and varied aspects, yet so that the essential features of the original shall still preserve their identity.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
One of the different arrangements which can be made of any number of quantities taking a certain number of them together.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
1 varying. 2 departure from the normal kind, amount, a standard, etc. (prices are subject to variation). 3 extent of this. 4 variant thing. 5 mus. Theme in a changed or elaborated form.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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