1. variation

noun. ['ˌvɛriːˈeɪʃən'] an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change.

Rhymes with Variation

• deinstitutionalization
• institutionalization
• self-congratulation
• antidiscrimination
• telecommunication
• nondiscrimination
• misrepresentation
• mischaracterization
• internationalization
• industrialization
• decriminalization
• transillumination
• self-determination
• renationalization
• recapitalization
• prestidigitation
• misinterpretation
• misidentification
• miscommunication
• experimentation
• excommunication
• disqualification
• discontinuation
• denationalization
• decentralization
• transplantation
• singularization
• self-perpetuation
• securitization
• reinterpretation

How do you pronounce variation?

Pronounce variation as ˌvɛriˈeɪʃən.

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Sentences with variation

1. Noun, singular or mass
The dance is a hip-hop variation of country line dancing.

Quotes about variation

1. It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure.
- Albert Einstein

2. Clearly the secret of happiness...is a variation on the general principle of banging your head against a wall, and then stopping.
- Stef Penney, The Tenderness of Wolves

2. variation

noun. ['ˌvɛriːˈeɪʃən'] an activity that varies from a norm or standard.

3. variation

noun. ['ˌvɛriːˈeɪʃən'] a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished.

4. variation

noun. ['ˌvɛriːˈeɪʃən'] something a little different from others of the same type.

5. variation

noun. ['ˌvɛriːˈeɪʃən'] an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard.

6. variation

noun. ['ˌvɛriːˈeɪʃən'] (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure.

7. variation

noun. ['ˌvɛriːˈeɪʃən'] (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration.

8. variation

noun. ['ˌvɛriːˈeɪʃən'] the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard.

9. variation

noun. ['ˌvɛriːˈeɪʃən'] (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon).

10. variation

noun. ['ˌvɛriːˈeɪʃən'] the process of varying or being varied.