1. 变体;变种;变化形式
A variant of a particular thing is something that has a different form to that thing, although it is related to it.
1. something a little different from others of the same type
e.g. an experimental version of the night fighter
a variant of the same word
an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone
the boy is a younger edition of his father
Synonym: versionvariationedition
2. a variable quantity that is random
Synonym: random variablevariatestochastic variablechance variable
3. an event that departs from expectations
Synonym: discrepancyvariance
4. (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
e.g. a new strain of microorganisms