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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Variation \Va`ri*a"tion\, n. [OE. variatioun, F. variation, L. variatio. See {Vary}.] 1. The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alteration; mutation; diversity; deviation; as, a variation of color in different lights; a variation in size; variation of language. [1913 Webster] The essences of things are conceived not capable of any such variation. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 2. Extent to which a thing varies; amount of departure from a position or state; amount or rate of change. [1913 Webster] 3. (Gram.) Change of termination of words, as in declension, conjugation, derivation, etc. [1913 Webster] 4. (Mus.) Repetition of a theme or melody with fanciful embellishments or modifications, in time, tune, or harmony, or sometimes change of key; the presentation of a musical thought in new and varied aspects, yet so that the essential features of the original shall still preserve their identity. [1913 Webster] 5. (Alg.) One of the different arrangements which can be made of any number of quantities taking a certain number of them together. [1913 Webster] {Annual variation} (Astron.), the yearly change in the right ascension or declination of a star, produced by the combined effects of the precession of the equinoxes and the proper motion of the star. {Calculus of variations}. See under {Calculus}. {Variation compass}. See under {Compass}. {Variation of the moon} (Astron.), an inequality of the moon's motion, depending on the angular distance of the moon from the sun. It is greater at the octants, and zero at the quadratures. {Variation of the needle} (Geog. & Naut.), the angle included between the true and magnetic meridians of a place; the deviation of the direction of a magnetic needle from the true north and south line; -- called also {declination of the needle}. [1913 Webster] Syn: Change; vicissitude; variety; deviation. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: variation n 1: an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change [syn: {variation}, {fluctuation}] 2: an activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any variation in his routine was immediately reported" [syn: {variation}, {variance}] 3: a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished 4: something a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "a variant of the same word"; "an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father" [syn: {version}, {variant}, {variation}, {edition}] 5: an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard; "he patented a variation on the sandal" 6: the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north [syn: {magnetic declination}, {magnetic variation}, {variation}] 7: the process of varying or being varied 8: (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon) 9: (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration [syn: {mutant}, {mutation}, {variation}, {sport}] 10: (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure [syn: {pas seul}, {variation}] 11: the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard; "who is responsible for these variations in taxation?" From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: Variation /variːatsiːoːn/ variation