different between variation vs mutant

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)

1. The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing.
2. A related but distinct thing.
3. (nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north.

   Synonym: magnetic declination

4. (board games) A line of play that differs from the original.
5. (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.
6. (genetics) The modification of a hereditary trait.
7. (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)

1. 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

1. variation

Declension

Related terms

• variant
• variera

References

English

Etymology

From Latin m?t?ns, present participle of m?t?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mju?t?nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?mju?n?(t)/
• Hyphenation: mu?tant

Noun

mutant (plural mutants)

1. Something which has mutated, which has one or more new characteristics from a mutation.

2. (informal) Someone or something that seems strange, abnormal, or bizarre.

3. (computing) Synonym of mutex

Translations

Adjective

mutant (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, undergoing (i.e. mutating), or resulting from change or mutation; that has undergone mutation.

2. (informal) Strange, abnormal, or bizarre.

Translations

Related terms

• mutate
• mutation

Further reading

• mutant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• mutant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Verb

mutant

1. present participle of mutar

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mutant]

Noun

mutant m

1. mutant

Related terms

• See motiv
• mutace
• mutovat

Further reading

• mutant in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• mutant in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mutant/, [mu?t?an?d?]

Noun

mutant c (singular definite mutanten, plural indefinite mutanter)

1. mutant (something that has mutated)

Inflection

Synonyms

• mutation

Further reading

• mutant on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mutans, present participle of mutare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my?t?nt/
• Hyphenation: mu?tant
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

mutant m (plural mutanten, diminutive mutantje n)

1. mutant

Related terms

• mutatie
• muteren

French

Adjective

mutant (feminine singular mutante, masculine plural mutants, feminine plural mutantes)

1. mutant

Verb

mutant

1. present participle of muter

Further reading

• “mutant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

m?tant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of m?t?

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mu.tant/

Noun

mutant m anim

1. mutant

Declension

Further reading

• mutant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French mutant.

Noun

mutant m (plural mutan?i)

1. mutant

Declension