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variation
English
Etymology
From Middle French variation, from Old French variacion, from Latin vari?ti?.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?v?????e??n?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?v???i?e??n?/, /?væ?i?e??n?/, /?v??i?e??n?/
- , (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
- Hyphenation: va?ri?a?tion
Noun
variation (usually uncountable, plural variations)
- The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing.
- A related but distinct thing.
- (nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north.
- Synonym: magnetic declination
- (board games) A line of play that differs from the original.
- (music) A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass.
- (genetics) The modification of a hereditary trait.
- (astronomy) Deviation from the mean orbit of a heavenly body.
Derived terms
- magnetic variation
- theme and variations
Related terms
- vary
- variant
Translations
References
- US FM 55-501 MARINE CREWMAN’S HANDBOOK; 1 December 1999
- variation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- variation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vari?ti?. See also véraison.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.?ja.sj??/
Noun
variation f (plural variations)
- variation
Derived terms
- boîte de vitesses à variation continue
Related terms
- varier
Further reading
- “variation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Swedish
Etymology
From French variation, attested from 1656.
Noun
variation c
- variation
Declension
Related terms
- variant
- variera
References
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anomaly
English
Etymology
From Latin anomalia, from Ancient Greek ???????? (an?malía, “irregularity, anomaly”), from ???????? (an?malos, “irregular, uneven”), negating the meaning of ?????? (homalós, “even”), from ???? (homós, “same”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??n?m?l?/
- (US) IPA(key): /??n?m?li/
- Hyphenation: anom?aly
Noun
anomaly (plural anomalies)
- A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.
- Synonyms: abnormality, deviance, deviation, exception, inconsistency, irregularity, phenomenon
- Something or someone that is strange or unusual.
- (sciences) Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.
- (astronomy) Any of various angular distances.
- (biology) A defect or malformation.
- (quantum mechanics) A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.
- (dated) An irregularity or disproportion.
Synonyms
- (deviation from the norm):
Hyponyms
- eccentric anomaly
- flyby anomaly
- mean anomaly
- true anomaly
Derived terms
- anomaloscope
- anomalous
- deuteranomaly
Translations
Further reading
- anomaly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- anomaly in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- anomaly at OneLook Dictionary Search
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