- the act, fact, or process of varying; change or deviation in form, condition, appearance, extent, etc. from a former or usual state, or from an assumed standard
- the degree or extent of such change
- declination (sense 3)
- a thing that is somewhat different from another of the same kind
- Astron. a change in or deviation from the mean motion or orbit of a planet, satellite, etc.
- Ballet a solo dance
- Biol.
- a deviation from the usual or parental type in structure or form
- an organism showing such deviation
- Math. the manner in which two or more quantities change relative to one another
- Music the repetition of a theme or musical idea with changes or embellishments in harmony, rhythm, key, etc., esp. any of a series of such repetitions developing a single theme
Origin of variation
Middle English variacion from Old French from Classical Latin variatio
