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variant
English
Alternative forms
- variaunt (obsolete)
Etymology
Recorded since c.1380, from Old French variant, from Latin vari?ns, the present active participle of vari? (“to change”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: vâr'?-?nt, IPA(key): /?v???i.?nt/, /?væ?i.?nt/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?v???i.?nt/
Adjective
variant (comparative more variant, superlative most variant)
- Showing variety, diverse.
- Showing deviation or disagreement.
- (obsolete) Variable.
- (programming) Covariant and/or contravariant.
Translations
Noun
variant (plural variants)
- Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.
- All breeds of dog are variants of the species “Canis lupus familiaris”.
- The word "kerosine" is a variant of “kerosene”.
- (genetics) A different sequence of a gene (locus).
- (computing) A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
- (linguistics, lexicography) One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.
Related terms
- variance
- variation
- vary
Translations
See also
- alternate
- alternative
Anagrams
- nativar
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin vari?ns, attested from 1839.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /v?.?i?ant/
- (Central) IPA(key): /b?.?i?an/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /va.?i?ant/
Adjective
variant (masculine and feminine plural variants)
- varying
Noun
variant m (plural variants)
- variant
Related terms
- variar
References
Further reading
- “variant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “variant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “variant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French variant or variante, from Latin vari?ns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?va?.ri??nt/
- Hyphenation: va?ri?ant
- Rhymes: -?nt
Noun
variant m (plural varianten, diminutive variantje n)
- A variant.
Synonyms
- variante
Derived terms
Related terms
- variabiliteit
- variabel
- variatie
- variëren
- variëteit
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: varian
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.?j??/
Verb
variant
- present participle of varier
Adjective
variant (feminine singular variante, masculine plural variants, feminine plural variantes)
- varied, which varies; variable
Related terms
- variabilité
- variable
- variation
Further reading
- “variant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
variant
- third-person plural present active indicative of vari?
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin varians
Noun
variant m (definite singular varianten, indefinite plural varianter, definite plural variantene)
- a variant
References
- “variant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin varians
Noun
variant m (definite singular varianten, indefinite plural variantar, definite plural variantane)
- a variant
References
- “variant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Adjective
variant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular variant or variante)
- varying; which varies
Descendants
- ? English: variant
- French: variant
Swedish
Etymology
From French variante, attested from 1779.
Noun
variant c
- variant
Declension
Related terms
- variera
References
variant From the web:
- what variant is in india
- what variants are in the us
- what variants of covid are there
- what variant is in michigan
- what variant of covid do i have
- what variants are in florida
- what variant is spreading in india
- what variant mean
invariant
English
Etymology
in- +? variant
Adjective
invariant (comparative more invariant, superlative most invariant)
- not varying; constant
- (mathematics) Unaffected by a specified operation (especially by a transformation)
- (computing, programming) Neither covariant nor contravariant.
Synonyms
- (not varying): invariable
Derived terms
- class invariant
Related terms
- invariance
- variant
- variegate
- various
- vary
Translations
Noun
invariant (plural invariants)
- An invariant quantity, function etc.
Translations
Derived terms
- coinvariant
Czech
Noun
invariant m
- (mathematics, informatics) invariant
French
Adjective
invariant (feminine singular invariante, masculine plural invariants, feminine plural invariantes)
- invariable
Synonyms
- invariable
Noun
invariant m (plural invariants)
- (physics, mathematics) invariable
Related terms
- variant
Further reading
- “invariant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
From French invariant.
Noun
invariant m (plural invarian?i)
- invariant
Declension
invariant From the web:
- invariant meaning
- what's invariant point
- what invariant variable
- what is invariant under galilean transformation
- what is invariant reaction
- what does invariant mean in maths
- what is invariant culture c#
- what is invariant in programming
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