variation
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3.0
- noun
- /ˌvɛrɪˈeɪʃən/
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variación
- Researchers noted a variation in the species' physical traits depending on their environment.
- significant variation
- seasonal variation
- genetic variation
If it doesn't have a lot of variation, HRV is low.
- If it doesn't have a lot of variation, HRV is low.
- And there's all kinds of variation that no one expected.
- Are there people for whom the variation in symptoms is so different?
- Thereafter, the variation is very, very small.
- And so you get this enormous variation in family size.
- It's not unbounded variation, but they are variable, right?
- I mean, you know, variations across the sky.
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Are there people for whom the variation in symptoms is so different?
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Furthermore, there was considerable variation in resources even among the Poverty Row studios.
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So I think there is some variation across people, yes.
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There is a great deal of variation in how much life we get.
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And so you get this enormous variation in family size.
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Thereafter, the variation is very, very small.
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And what accounts for these variations in how people respond?
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Another dimension of the problem involves the variation of healthcare costs across the United States.
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The review also indicated the significant variation in the presentation of evolution among other states.
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Institutional enrollment numbers indicate wide variation in the size of the community colleges studied here.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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1.1
A time when something becomes different
∞
1.0
A change that makes something better
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3.3
A change made to something
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6.3
A change in level or amount that goes up and down over time
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3.6
A slightly changed version of something
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5.7
The amount that something changes over time or between things
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5.5
A difference from what is usual or expected
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6.4
The amount a measurement differs from the average
A quality of changing often, like rain or mood
A state with many different kinds of things
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.8
Angle between the north shown by a compass and true north at a place used for navigation
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Etymology
Variation comes from the Latin root varius, which means 'different', and from the verb vary, 'to change'. So a variation is a 'change' or 'difference' in amount, condition, level, or form.