Variation or Variations may refer to:

Science and mathematics

* Variation (astronomy), any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite, particularly of the moon *

Genetic variation Genetic variation is the difference in DNA among individuals or the differences between populations. The multiple sources of genetic variation include mutation and genetic recombination. Mutations are the ultimate sources of genetic variation, ...

, the difference in DNA among individuals or the differences between populations ** Human genetic variation, genetic differences in and among populations of humans * Magnetic variation, difference between magnetic north and true north, measured as an angle * ''p''-variation in mathematical analysis, a family of seminorms of functions *

Coefficient of variation In probability theory and statistics, the coefficient of variation (CV), also known as relative standard deviation (RSD), is a standardized measure of dispersion of a probability distribution or frequency distribution. It is often expressed as ...

in probability theory and statistics, a standardized measure of dispersion of a probability distribution or frequency distribution * Total variation in mathematical analysis, a way of quantifying the change in a function over a subset of

\mathbb^n

or a measure space *

Calculus of variations The calculus of variations (or Variational Calculus) is a field of mathematical analysis that uses variations, which are small changes in functions and functionals, to find maxima and minima of functionals: mappings from a set of functions t ...

in mathematical analysis, a method of finding maxima and minima of functionals

Arts

* Variation (ballet) or pas seul, solo dance or dance figure * ''Variations'' (ballet), a 1966 ballet by choreographer George Balanchine * ''Variations'' (film), a 1998 short film by Nathaniel Dorsky * ''Variations'' (journal), a journal of literature published by Peter Lang

Music

Variation (music) In music, variation is a formal technique where material is repeated in an altered form. The changes may involve melody, rhythm, harmony, counterpoint, timbre, orchestration or any combination of these. Variation techniques Mozart's Twelve ...

, a formal technique where material is altered during repetition * ''Variations'' (Cage), a series of works by American avant-garde composer John Cage * ''Variations'' (musical), 1982 Australian musical by Nick Enright and Terence Clarke * ''Variations'' (Stravinsky), Igor Stravinsky's last orchestral composition written in 1963–64 *''Variation'', album by Akina Nakamori *

Les Variations Les Variations was a French rock band from the late 1960s to mid-1970s, that sang in English and was known for its rock guitar- based music. Its three members were born in Morocco and were of Jewish origin. They were France's first band to he ...

, a French rock group * ''Variations'' (Andrew Lloyd Webber album), 1978 * ''Variations'' (Eddie Rabbitt album), 1978

Other uses

* Variation (game), modifications made to a game by a community of players (as opposed to a central authority) * Variation (game tree), a particular series of moves * Variation (linguistics), a linguistic characteristic of languages * Variation (horse), a British Thoroughbred

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