- 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.
- a solo dance, especially one forming a section of a pas de deux.
- any deviation from the mean orbit of a heavenly body, especially of a planetary or satellite orbit.
- 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.
- a difference or deviation in structure or character from others of the same species or group.
- the act, process, condition, or result of changing or varying; diversity
- an instance of varying or the amount, rate, or degree of such change
- something that differs from a standard or convention
- music
- a repetition of a musical theme in which the rhythm, harmony, or melody is altered or embellished
- (as modifier)
- biology
- a marked deviation from the typical form or function
- a characteristic or an organism showing this deviation
- any change in or deviation from the mean motion or orbit of a planet, satellite, etc, esp a perturbation of the moon
- another word for magnetic declination
- a solo dance
- any form of morphophonemic change, such as one involved in inflection, conjugation, or vowel mutation
