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