VARIATION

An instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change

• fluctuation  16

• alteration  10
• change  12
• modification  20

• vicissitude  17
• allomerism  14
• departure  12
• deviation  13
• • difference  19
  • divergence  17
  • permutation  15
  • replacement  17
  • substitution  14
  • switch  14
  • transposition  15
  • business cycle
  • trade cycle
  • daily variation
  • diurnal variation
  • tide  5
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An activity that varies from a norm or standard

Example: "Any variation in his routine was immediately reported"

• variance  13

A repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished

• idea  5
• melodic theme
• musical theme
• theme  10

• inversion  12
• partita  9

Something a little different from others of the same type

Example: "An experimental version of the night fighter"

• edition  8
• variant  10
• version  10

An artifact that deviates from a norm or standard

Example: "He patented a variation on the sandal"

• thing  9

• mongrel  10

The angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north

• magnetic declination
• magnetic variation

The process of varying or being varied

• physical process
• process  11

• covariation  16

(astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)

• perturbation  16

• libration  11

(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

• mutant  8
• mutation  10
• sport  7

• being  8
• organism  11

• freak  12
• lusus naturae
• monster  9
• monstrosity  16

(ballet) a solo dance or dance figure

• pas seul

The act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard

Example: "Who is responsible for these variations in taxation?"