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Noun variation has 10 senses

variation, fluctuation - an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
--₁ is a kind of change, alteration, modification
--₁ has particulars:

vicissitude; allomerism; deviation, divergence, departure, difference; substitution, permutation, transposition, replacement, switch; business cycle, trade cycle; daily variation; diurnal variation; tide

Derived form: verb vary₃

variation, variance - an activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any variation in his routine was immediately reported"
--₂ is a kind of activity

Derived form: verb vary₂
variation - a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
--₃ is a kind of theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea
--₃ has particulars: inversion
version, variant, variation, edition - something a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "an emery wheel is a modern variant of the grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father"
--₄ is a kind of type

Derived form: verb vary₁
variation - an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard; "he patented a variation on the sandal"
--₅ is a kind of thing
--₅ has particulars: bastard, mongrel
magnetic declination, magnetic variation, variation - the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north
--₆ is a kind of angle

Derived form: verb vary₃
variation - (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)
--₇ is a kind of perturbation
--₇ has particulars: libration
Derived forms: verb vary₃, verb vary₂
mutant, mutation, variation, sport - (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
--₈ is a kind of organism, being
--₈ has particulars: freak, monster, monstrosity, lusus naturae
Derived form: verb vary₂
pas seul, variation - (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure
--₉ is a kind of dancing, dance, terpsichore, saltation
variation - the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard; "who is responsible for these variations in taxation?"
--₁₀ is a kind of change

Derived form: verb vary₄