How to pronounce “variation”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• 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.
• (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.
• (linguistics) The situation where two or more linguistic forms appear in the same environment without a change in meaning, the choice of form being determined by factors of dialect, sociolect, register or simply the speaker's preference.

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