| an activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any variation in his routine was immediately reported" 同义词:variance, 
 
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 | the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard; "who is responsible for these variations in taxation?"
 
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 | (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure 同义词:pas seul, 
 
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 | an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard; "he patented a variation on the sandal"
 
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 | 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" 同义词:version, variant, edition, 
 
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 | a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
 
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 | an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change 同义词:fluctuation, 
 
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 | (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration 同义词:mutant, mutation, sport, 
 
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 | (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth''s moon)
 
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 | the process of varying or being varied
 
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 | the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north 同义词:magnetic declination, magnetic variation, 
 
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 | 1. | Nonlinear data exhibit considerable variation . 非线性数据变化较大。
 
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 | 2. | The variations and permutations were endless . 真是众说纷纭,没完没了。
 
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 | 3. | He can discriminate minute variations in tone . 他能辨别出音调的细微变化。
 
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 | 4. | Severe variations deform the discharge curves . 严重者使放电曲线发生畸变。
 
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 | 5. | The variation of the corrections is typical . 修正值的变化情况是有代表性的。
 
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 | 6. | Such a range of variation is termed a cline . 这样一个变异区域称为梯度变异。
 
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 | 7. | These prices are subject to variation . 上列价格可能变更。
 
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 | 8. | These prices are subject to variation . 这些价格可能变更。
 
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 | 9. | This template allows for slight song variations . 这个样板可以允许歌声稍有变化。
 
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 | 10. | Yet only discernible variation is in growth rate . 但仅在生长速度上能分辨的差异。
 
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