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variety
  1. The quality of being varied; diversity.
  2. A specific variation of something.
  3. A number of different things.
  4. A state of constant change.
  5. (taxonomy) A rank in a taxonomic classification, below species and subspecies.
  6. (cybernetics) The total number of distinct states of a system.
  7. (cybernetics) Logarithm of the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.
  8. (linguistics) A term used for a specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is a dialect, accent, register, etc. and to its prestige level.
  9. (algebra, esp. universal algebra) The class of all algebraic structures of a given signature satisfying a given set of identities.
  10. The kind of theatrical entertainment given in variety shows.
  11. The production of, or performance in, variety shows.
  12. Synonyms:
  13. Examples:
    1. “Human behavior is especially difficult to study because it can be influenced by a wide variety of factors.”
      “The music was loud and definitely of the rap variety, with Spanish lyrics.”
      “The Northern Mockingbird is known and loved for the quality and variety of its song.”
variable
  1. Something that is variable.
  2. Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.
  3. (mathematics) A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.
  4. (mathematics) A symbol representing a variable.
  5. (programming) A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.
  6. (astronomy) A variable star.
  7. (nautical) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
  8. (plural) Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.
  9. Synonyms:
  10. Examples:
    1. “This was the one key variable that we had sadly failed to take into account.”
variation
  1. The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing
  2. A related but distinct thing.
  3. (nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north. Also called magnetic declination.
  4. (board games) A line of play that differs from the original.
  5. (music) A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass.
  6. (genetics) The modification of a hereditary trait.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “We determined each player's weight loss by calculating the variation between body weight before and after each training day.”
      “It would take hundreds of thousands of hands worth of data before the statistics show any kind of variation from expected results.”
      “Over the course of a year, Milgram carried out 19 different experiments, each one a different variation of the basic paradigm.”
variance
  1. The act of varying or the state of being variable
  2. A difference between what is expected and what happens
  3. The state of differing or being in conflict
  4. A discrepancy, especially between two legal documents
  5. (statistics) The second central moment in probability
  6. (computing) covariance and contravariance generally
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “The variance between Giorgio's outlandish theories as compared to reality was stark.”
      “A variance in approach based solely on the differing status of the patient is difficult to justify.”
      “There has been a progressive elimination of all forms of ideological variance within the party.”
variant
  1. Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.
  2. (genetics) A different sequence of a gene (locus).
  3. (computing) A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
  4. (linguistics) One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “Bulimia was once seen as a variant of anorexia.”
variability
  1. The state or characteristic of being variable.
  2. The degree to which a thing is variable. In data or statistics this is often a measurement of distance from the mean or a description of data range.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “In this situation, the system can handle substantial variability without descending into crisis.”
      “Even in a pure strain, a determiner does not always develop fully, and this is an important cause of individual variability.”
      “Try to maintain a similar sampling time in each field to eliminate variability.”
varietal
  1. A wine made primarily from or exclusively from a single variety of grape, which carries the name of that grape.
  2. By extension, a coffee made primarily from or exclusively from a single variety of coffee bean.
variate
  1. A measurable quantity capable of taking on a number of values.
  2. A variable, often the set of x values plotted on a graph.
variegator
  1. One who or that which variegates.
  2. A machine that swirls several ice cream flavors into a single ice cream.
variegation
  1. the state of being variegated
  2. (botany) a variation in the colour of different zones of the same plant
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “I have just experienced a renascent intrerest in the endless variegation of folk music.”
      “The variegation is a nice feature in a shady garden, especially when nothing is in bloom.”
      “Remove both chlorophyll and the yellow pigment xanthophyll and the variegation is white.”
varier
  1. One who varies.
  2. A wanderer; one who strays in search of variety.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The top two seeds Puneet Varier and Brent Dixon received walkovers from their first round opponents Ankur Tiwari and Madhav Juneja.”
      “In 1949 he married Janaki Varier, who worked in Sevagram as well.”
varyation
  1. Archaic spelling of variation.
  2. Misspelling of variation.
varying
variationism
  1. (linguistics) The sociolinguistic study of variation in usage among speakers of the same language.
variadics
  1. (computing) The use of variadic templates.
variationality
  1. The condition of being variational
vary
  1. (obsolete) alteration; change.
variableness
  1. The quality or state of being variable.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The variableness of the weather in this region is known to bring sudden changes in temperature and precipitation.”
      “The only uncertainty attending the success of coal mining in the coal measure area, is in the variableness of the deposit.”
      “The variableness of possible partners only serves to increase the risk of sexual activity.”
variousness
  1. The state or property of being various.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “He must have been especially sensitive to the ways in which one gets, despite the variousness of one's output, pigeonholed.”
      “But for all the variousness and inventiveness with which Andrews treats the idea in his early work, one problem arises, acutely explored by P. Inman.”
      “But these groups were gathered with no systematic purpose and no suggestion other than the variousness of the life portrayed.”
variformity
  1. The quality of being variform.
variaunce
  1. Obsolete form of variance.
varietist
  1. An unorthodox person.
variedness
  1. Quality of being varied.
variosity
  1. (rare) Synonym of variety
variablenesses
variegations
  1. plural of variegation
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “They come with many different leaf colours, from maroon and cream, to copper and lime, usually with interesting variegations.”
      “This family of evergreen plants bears swordlike leaves in shades of green, coppery red, and yellow, plus variegations.”
      “To finish his works, Gianakos applies a layer of protective lacquer that makes the wrinkles and variegations in tone permanent.”
variabilities
  1. plural of variability
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The reasons for the discrepancies may in fact be variabilities between the investigated cells, tissues or plants.”
      “The plant photoreceptor phytochrome exhibits remarkable structural and functional variabilities in the plant cell.”
      “Incorporating credibility effects specifically tied to the price-level target leads to even greater reductions in these variabilities.”
variousnesses
variegators
  1. plural of variegator
variaunces
  1. plural of variaunce
variations
  1. plural of variation
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “What are the variations in diagnostic tests and interventions for the potential clinical abnormality?”
      “As well as possible applications in quantum computing, tunable Josephson junctions could be used to sense tiny variations in magnetic fields.”
      “This is consistent with the results showing that variations in post-surgical delay have no effect on the subsequent rate of kindling.”
varietists
  1. plural of varietist
varyations
  1. plural of varyation
variances
  1. plural of variance
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “They should also be knowledgeable about local building codes, including property setbacks and variances.”
      “The bin analysis moved forward point-to-point to calculate means and variances.”
      “As focus was on the cross-correlation modeling, quite simple structures for the variances and correlations of both variables were chosen.”
variables
  1. plural of variable
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The timing of these variables may be particularly critical and need to be studied further in longitudinal investigations.”
      “In addition, variables more associated with dysregulation such as affect lability and impulsivity fall under this rubric.”
      “A PRM can be thought of as a Bayesian network whose variables are fields in a relational database.”
varietals
  1. plural of varietal
  2. Examples:
    1. “Today, Apulian estates are distinguishing themselves, profiting from unique varietals, old vines, cheap land, and an influx of winemakers.”
      “On 15 acres, they have seven Bourdeaux varietals, including Merlots, Malbec, Cabernet Franc, and Cabernet Sauvignon.”
      “Big-flavor varietals such as Zinfandel and Syrah will attain stardom in the wine world.”
varieties
  1. plural of variety.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Among the 30 different types of stone recognized are varieties of diorite, granite, bedded tuff, sandstones, limestones, and tufa.”
      “I went to the fountain and saw varieties of water plants like water lilies and duckweed.”
      “Some varieties of the pill cause more abortions and some less, but sooner or later all varieties are abortifacient.”
variants
  1. plural of variant
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Both sides make extensive use of aerodynes in transport and combat variants.”
      “First of all, these new variants seem to be recompiled versions based on original Cabir source code.”
      “What we need to do is correlate the various gene variants with various behavioral propensities.”
variates
  1. plural of variate
  2. Examples:
    1. “Although not reported, the study's findings do not indicate high multicollinearity among cluster variates.”
      “All variates were analysed using the SYSTAT or the Genstat statistical packages.”
      “Hence, this study standardized all cluster variates to a mean of zero and standard deviation of one.”
varyings
variers
  1. plural of varier
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