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Variant

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Noun

1. discrepancy, variance, variant

an event that departs from expectations

2. form, strain, var., variant

(biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups

Example Sentences:
'a new strain of microorganisms'

3. chance variable, random variable, stochastic variable, variant, variate

a variable quantity that is random

4. edition, variant, variation, version

something a little different from others of the same type

Example Sentences:
'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'

Adjective

5. variant

differing from a norm or standard

Example Sentences:
'a variant spelling'

6. variant

exhibiting variation and change

Example Sentences:
'letters variant in size'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Variant

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adjective
1. 
liable to or displaying variation
2. 
differing from a standard or type
a variant spelling
3. obsolete
not constant; fickle
noun
4. 
something that differs from a standard or type
5. statistics another word for variate (sense 1)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Variant

see synonyms of variant
adjective
1. 
varying; different; esp., different in some way from others of the same kind or class, or from some standard or type
2.  Archaic
variable; changeable
noun
3. 
anything that is variant, as a different spelling of the same word, a different version of a tale, myth, or literary passage, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Variant

see synonyms of variant
adj.
1. Differing from others of the same kind or from a standard: a variant form of the disease; a book in variant editions.
2. Having or exhibiting variation; varying: a procedure producing variant results.
n.
Something that differs from others of the same kind or from a standard, as a different spelling or pronunciation of a word.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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