What part of speech is variation?

Variation can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

Inflections

Noun

What does variation mean?

Definitions

Noun

variation - an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
variation - (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)
variation - an activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any variation in his routine was immediately reported"
variation - a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
variation - the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard; "who is responsible for these variations in taxation?"
variation - an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard; "he patented a variation on the sandal"
variation - the process of varying or being varied
variation - (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
variation - 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"
variation - the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north
variation - (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure

Examples of variation

#   Sentence  
1. noun Any variation in his routine was immediately reported.
2. noun He patented a variation on the sandal.
3. noun An emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone.
4. noun In our interpretation, the output data in Table 2 is an acceptable variation of that in Table 1.
5. noun The reason for this is that we found no variation of those morphemes.
6. noun Sledge hockey is a variation of ice hockey intended for disabled athletes, who sit on aluminium sledges with attached skate blades. The players each use two spiked fibreglass hockey sticks both to propel themselves forward and to pass the puck or shoot it towards the goal.
7. noun This is a humorous variation of a proverb.
8. noun This is the humorous variation of a certain proverb.
9. noun A turbofan engine is the most modern variation of the basic gas turbine engine.
10. noun There is relatively little variation in temperature here.
11. noun Nature, the inexhaustible treasure of colors and sounds, forms and rhythms, an unparalleled model of total development and perpetual variation, Nature is the supreme resource!
12. noun There was not much variation from the norm.
13. noun Pluto's terrain shows remarkable variation including dark/bright regions and smooth/mountainous areas.
14. noun The definition you gave fails to encompass some of the variation we see.
15. noun The researchers are quick to point out that genes are not necessarily destiny and that devoted parents can still influence their children in positive ways, even if they are only working on a small percentage of the total variation.
Sentence  
noun
Any variation in his routine was immediately reported.
He patented a variation on the sandal.
An emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone.
In our interpretation, the output data in Table 2 is an acceptable variation of that in Table 1.
The reason for this is that we found no variation of those morphemes.
Sledge hockey is a variation of ice hockey intended for disabled athletes, who sit on aluminium sledges with attached skate blades. The players each use two spiked fibreglass hockey sticks both to propel themselves forward and to pass the puck or shoot it towards the goal.
This is a humorous variation of a proverb.
This is the humorous variation of a certain proverb.
A turbofan engine is the most modern variation of the basic gas turbine engine.
There is relatively little variation in temperature here.
Nature, the inexhaustible treasure of colors and sounds, forms and rhythms, an unparalleled model of total development and perpetual variation, Nature is the supreme resource!
There was not much variation from the norm.
Pluto's terrain shows remarkable variation including dark/bright regions and smooth/mountainous areas.
The definition you gave fails to encompass some of the variation we see.
The researchers are quick to point out that genes are not necessarily destiny and that devoted parents can still influence their children in positive ways, even if they are only working on a small percentage of the total variation.

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