variation

variation: noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ considerable, dramatic, enormous, extreme, great, major, marked, significant, substantial, tremendous, wide

▪ minor, slight, small, subtle

▪ subtle variations of light and texture

▪ numerous

▪ endless, infinite

▪ natural

▪ complex

▪ random

▪ systematic

▪ local, regional

▪ climatic, cultural, environmental, genetic, geographic, geographical, linguistic

▪ annual, daily, day-to-day, seasonal, year-to-year

… OF VARIATION

▪ amount, degree, level

VERB + VARIATION

▪ reflect, show

▪ The businesses showed a dramatic variation in how they treated their staff.

▪ find, observe, see

▪ Considerable variation was found in the terms offered by different banks.

▪ analyse/analyze

▪ account for, explain

VARIATION + VERB

▪ occur

PREPOSITION

▪ variation according to

▪ variation according to the time of year

▪ variation across

▪ She is studying linguistic variation across the social range.

▪ variation among

▪ variation among the students in terms of ability

▪ variation between

▪ variations between different accents

▪ variation by

▪ There is little variation by sex or social class in these attitudes.

▪ variation in

▪ slight variations in pressure

▪ variation on

▪ the story is a variation on ‘Treasure Island’

▪ variation with

▪ temperature variation with altitude

▪ variation within

▪ There may be striking variations within a species.

PHRASES

▪ a range of variation

▪ a variation on a theme

▪ His numerous complaints are all variations on a theme.

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Synonyms:

Alteration, mutation, change, modification / Deviation, departure, difference, diversity, discrepance, discrepancy

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variation — [ varjasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1314; lat. variatio 1 ♦ État de ce qui varie au cours d une durée; suite des changements qui affectent ce qui varie. ⇒ changement, évolution. « La variation du regard en vitesse, en direction, en durée » (Valéry). « La… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Variation — means a change within population* Biodiversity * Genetic diversity, differences within a speciesPhysics: * Magnetic variation, difference between magnetic north and true north, measured as an angle * Variation (astronomy), any perturbation of the … Wikipedia
variation — Variation. s. f. v. Changement. La variation des tesmoins. il y a beaucoup de variation dans ses depositions. la variation des heretiques rend leur doctrine suspecte. la variation du temps. la variation des vents. On dit sur Mer, La variation de… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Variation — Va ri*a tion, n. [OE. variatioun, F. variation, L. variatio. See {Vary}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation; as … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
variation — var‧i‧a‧tion [ˌveəriˈeɪʆn ǁ ˌver ] noun [countable, uncountable] a difference or change in the normal amount or appearance of something: • Labor figures in both reports are adjusted for seasonal variation (= variation that depends on the time of … Financial and business terms
Variation — (lat. variare „verändern“), die spontane oder gewollte Abänderung von Informationsfolgen oder Eigenschaften: Variation (Musik), eine Komposition, die ein Thema nacheinander durch vielfältige melodische, harmonische und rhythmische Abwandlungen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
variation — late 14c., from O.Fr. variation, from L. variationem (nom. variatio) a difference, variation, change, from pp. stem of variare to change (see VARY (Cf. vary)). The musical sense is attested from 1801 … Etymology dictionary
variation — variation. См. изменчивость. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
Variation — (v. lat.), 1) Veränderung, Abänderung, Abwechselung; Variatio delectat, Veränderung erfreut, Abwechselung gewährt Vergnügen; 2) (Bot.), das Abändern, Bilden von Varietäten, s.d.; 3) (Math.), s.u. Combinationslehre C), vgl. Variationsrechnung; 4)… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Variation — Variation, die Bildung aller Anordnungen von je p Gliedern, in welche n Elemente gebracht werden können. Solche Anordnungen heißen Variationen p ter Klasse; variieren heißt: solche Anordnungen bilden. Die Variationen von a, b, c zur zweiten… … Lexikon der gesamten Technik
Variation — (lat.), Veränderung, in der Mathematik eine Kombination (s.d.) mit Umkehrung der Reihenfolge … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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