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variant
/ˈvæɹi.ənt/
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What does variant mean?
adjective
- Showing variety, diverse.
- Showing deviation or disagreement.
- Covariant and/or contravariant.
More meanings (5)
noun
- Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.
- A different sequence of a gene (locus).
- A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
- One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.
adjective
- (obsolete) Variable.
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IPA pronunciation
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If bruised, it assumes a verdigris hue, possibly a variant of the indigo tint peculiar to the blue-turning boletes.
Derivatives of Stimulus Words.*--We place here any reaction which is a grammatical variant or derivative of a stimulus word.
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It is unfortunate that this variant rests on very slight authority, for the sense yielded is certainly much more satisfactory.
A variant of the same legend makes the thorn wound the bird itself and its own blood dye its breast.
Taking the population as a whole, this predatory, emulative variant does not seem to have attained a high degree of consistency or stability.