variation
part of speech
noun (a variation, variations; also uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) A change or difference in amount or level: variation in temperature. tree →
2) Something slightly different from the usual form: a variation of a game. tree →
3) (science) The differences between living things of the same kind. tree →
4) (music) A new version of a tune. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science: variation between people's heights or eye colour; in maths and data: variation shows how much numbers spread out. In everyday life: a variation on a recipe or game. Phrases: «a variation on», «variation in».
examples
- There is a lot of variation in the heights of children in our class. tree →
- We played a variation of tag where you freeze. tree →
- Temperature variation between day and night is large in the desert. tree →
- Every snowflake shows variation in shape. tree →
- This cake is a variation on Gran's recipe. tree →
- The composer wrote ten variations on a simple tune. tree →
- We should be able to trace this re-introduction by the variation in titles. tree →
note
Countable (a variation, variations) or uncountable (much variation). Verb: vary. In data, the range (largest − smallest) is one simple measure of variation: heights 120–150 cm give a range of 30 cm.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «variation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.