English

Noun

1. Plural of variation.

• Biodiversity
• Genetic diversity, differences within a species

• Magnetic variation, difference between magnetic north and true north, measured as an angle
• Variation (astronomy), any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite, particularly of the Moon

• Bounded variation
• Calculus of variations, a field of mathematics which deals with functions of functions.
• Coefficient of variation in statistics, the magnitude of variance relative to the mean. Variation often refers to a vague notion of the extent of spread in measurements of a variable, quantified in the variance.
• Permutation

• Variation (ballet), solo dance or dance figure
• Variation (music), formal technique where material is altered during repetition
• Variations (album), composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber
• Variation on a theme, in art history

• Variation (linguistics)
• Variation (game), modifications made to a game by a community of players (as opposed to a central authority)
• Variation (game tree), particular series of moves