Definitions For Variation

noun

  • An activity that varies from a norm or standard
  • The act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard
  • (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure
  • An artifact that deviates from a norm or standard
  • Something a little different from others of the same type
  • 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 process of varying or being varied
  • The angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north
  • A change in the form, position, condition, or amount of something
  • Something that is similar to something else but different in some way
  • A repeated version of a short piece of music with changes in its rhythm, tune, or harmony

Is Variation a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
14

The word Variation is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Variation in a Sentence

  • The movie begins with a somewhat irreverent variation on the Nativity story
  • The latest in a long line of variations in her hair color

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Antonyms for Variation

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