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1. There are variations in prices from store to store for the product.
在不同的店里这个产品的价格也不一样。
2. Its brightness showed slight variations in intensity, though its general shape remained unchanged.
虽然它的形状没有改变，但其光亮强度有微小差异。
3. The prices for food are subject to variation.
食品的价格可能变更。
4. The song sounds like a variation of a very old and familiar tune.
这首歌像是一个熟悉的旧曲调的变奏曲。
5. Prices are subject to variation.
价格可以变动。
1. 波动：测量值波动(Variation)和频率(Frequency)随时都是在中心线一定范围内,说明过程稳定. 对真正的成功者来说,不论他的生存条件如何,都不会自我磨灭
1. （同一事物略微的）变化形式
A variation on something is the same thing presented in a slightly different form.
e.g. This delicious variation on an omelette is quick and easy to prepare...
这种稍加变化的可口煎蛋卷做起来又快又容易。
e.g. Many theories on punishment exist, all of which are variations on a theme.
关于惩罚的理论有很多，虽形式略有不同，但其主旨都是一样的。
2. （等级或数量的）变化，变动，变更
A variation is a change or slight difference in a level, amount, or quantity.
e.g. The survey found a wide variation in the prices charged for canteen food...
调查发现食堂饭菜的价格相差很大。
e.g. Every day without variation my grandfather ate a plate of cold ham.
我的祖父每天都会吃一盘冷火腿，雷打不动。
noun
1. an activity that varies from a norm or standard
e.g. any variation in his routine was immediately reported
Synonym: variance
2. the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard
e.g. who is responsible for these variations in taxation?
3. (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure
Synonym: pas seul
4. an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard
e.g. he patented a variation on the sandal
5. 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: versionvariantedition
6. a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
7. an instance of change
the rate or magnitude of change
Synonym: fluctuation
8. (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
9. (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)
10. the process of varying or being varied
11. the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north