Definition of variation

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Variation (n.) Change of termination of words, as in declension, conjugation, derivation, etc..

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Mean :: Mean (a.) Average; having an intermediate value between two extremes, or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during one cycle of variation; as, mean distance; mean motion; mean solar day..
Regular :: Regular (a.) Governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in course, practice, or occurence; not subject to unexplained or irrational variation; returning at stated intervals; steadily pursued; orderlly; methodical; as, the regular succession of day and night; regular habits..
Stem :: Stem (n.) The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base.
Difference :: Difference (n.) The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quality in paper; a difference in degrees of heat, or of light; what is the difference between the innocent and the guilty?.
Aeroscopy :: Aeroscopy (n.) The observation of the state and variations of the atmosphere.
Fluxion :: Fluxion (n.) The infinitely small increase or decrease of a variable or flowing quantity in a certain infinitely small and constant period of time; the rate of variation of a fluent; an incerement; a differential.
Theme :: Theme (n.) A noun or verb, not modified by inflections; also, that part of a noun or verb which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) in declension or conjugation; stem..
Partita :: Partita (n.) A suite; a set of variations.
Descant :: Descant (v. i.) To sing a variation or accomplishment.
Thermometrograph :: Thermometrograph (n.) An instrument for recording graphically the variations of temperature, or the indications of a thermometer..
Heterology :: Heterology (n.) The absence of correspondence, or relation, in type of structure; lack of analogy between parts, owing to their being composed of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; variation in structure from the normal form; -- opposed to homology..
Limit :: Limit (v. t.) A determinate quantity, to which a variable one continually approaches, and may differ from it by less than any given difference, but to which, under the law of variation, the variable can never become exactly equivalent..
Phyllomorphosis :: Phyllomorphosis (n.) The succession and variation of leaves during different seasons.
Double :: Double (n.) An old term for a variation, as in Bach's Suites..
Homotonous :: Homotonous (a.) Of the same tenor or tone; equable; without variation.
Heterotaxy :: Heterotaxy (n.) Variation in arrangement from that existing in a normal form; heterogenous arrangement or structure, as, in botany, the deviation in position of the organs of a plant, from the ordinary or typical arrangement..
Hygrograph :: Hygrograph (n.) An instrument for recording automatically the variations of the humidity of the atmosphere.
Actinograph :: Actinograph (n.) An instrument for measuring and recording the variations in the actinic or chemical force of rays of light.
Lection :: Lection (n.) A reading; a variation in the text.
Plethysmograph :: Plethysmograph (n.) An instrument for determining and registering the variations in the size or volume of a limb, as the arm or leg, and hence the variations in the amount of blood in the limb..
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