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Definition of Variation
Va`ri`a´tion | n. | 1. | The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alteration; mutation; diversity; deviation; as, a variation of color in different lights; a variation in size; variation of language. | | 2. | Extent to which a thing varies; amount of departure from a position or state; amount or rate of change. | | 3. | (Gram.) Change of termination of words, as in declension, conjugation, derivation, etc. | | 4. | (Mus.) Repetition of a theme or melody with fanciful embellishments or modifications, in time, tune, or harmony, or sometimes change of key; the presentation of a musical thought in new and varied aspects, yet so that the essential features of the original shall still preserve their identity. | | 5. | (Alg.) One of the different arrangements which can be made of any number of quantities taking a certain number of them together. |
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