variation
Noun
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is a type of: alteration, change, modification - an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to anothersubtypes:
- vicissitude - a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something
- allomerism - (chemistry) variability in chemical composition without variation in crystalline form
- departure, deviation, difference, divergence - a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
- permutation, replacement, substitution, switch, transposition - an event in which one thing is substituted for another
- business cycle, trade cycle - recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline
- daily variation - fluctuations that occur between one day and the next
- diurnal variation - fluctuations that occur during each day
- tide - something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea)
same as: fluctuation -
is a type of: activity - any specific behaviorsame as: variance
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is a type of: idea, melodic theme, musical theme, theme - (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
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is a type of: type - a subdivision of a particular kind of thing
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is a type of: thing - an artifact
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is a type of: angle - the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radianssame as: magnetic declination, magnetic variation
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is a type of: physical process, process - a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of statessubtypes: covariation - (statistics) correlated variation
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referred to in: astronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a wholeis a type of: perturbation - (physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightlysubtypes: libration - (astronomy) a real or apparent slow oscillation of a moon or satellite
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referred to in: biological science, biology - the science that studies living organismsis a type of: being, organism - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independentlysubtypes: freak, lusus naturae, monster, monstrosity - a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
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referred to in: ballet, concert dance - a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancersis a type of: dance, dancing, saltation, terpsichore - taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to musicsame as: pas seul
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is a type of: change - the action of changing something
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