- variation, fluctuation - an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
--1 is a kind of change, alteration, modification
--1 has particulars:Derived form: verb vary3 - variation, variance - an activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any variation in his routine was immediately reported"
--2 is a kind of activity
Derived form: verb vary2 - variation - a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
--3 is a kind of theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea
--3 has particulars: inversion- version, variant, variation, edition - something a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "an emery wheel is a modern variant of the grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father"
--4 is a kind of type
Derived form: verb vary1 - variation - an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard; "he patented a variation on the sandal"
--5 is a kind of thing
--5 has particulars: bastard, mongrel- magnetic declination, magnetic variation, variation - the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north
--6 is a kind of angle
Derived form: verb vary3 - variation - (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)
--7 is a kind of perturbation
--7 has particulars: librationDerived forms: verb vary3, verb vary2 - mutant, mutation, variation, sport - (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
--8 is a kind of organism, being
--8 has particulars: freak, monster, monstrosity, lusus naturaeDerived form: verb vary2 - pas seul, variation - (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure
--9 is a kind of dancing, dance, terpsichore, saltation
- variation - the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard; "who is responsible for these variations in taxation?"
--10 is a kind of change
Derived form: verb vary4 - version, variant, variation, edition - something a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "an emery wheel is a modern variant of the grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father"