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variant

[ vair-ee-uhnt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

tending to change or alter; exhibiting variety or diversity; varying:
variant shades of color.
not agreeing or conforming; differing, especially from something of the same general kind.
not definitive, as a version of part of a text; different; alternative:
a variant reading.
not universally accepted.

noun

a person or thing that varies.
a different spelling, pronunciation, or form of the same word:
“Vehemency” is a variant of “vehemence.”
Microbiology, Pathology. a form of a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism that arises from a strain of the microorganism when a mutation changes a small part of the strain’s genetic code. Compare strain ²( def 5 ).

variant

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adjective

liable to or displaying variation
differing from a standard or type
a variant spelling
obsolete.
not constant; fickle

noun

something that differs from a standard or type
statistics another word for variate

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Other Word Forms

�Դǲ�·��·��·��Գ� adjective noun
�ܲ�·��·��·��Գ� adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of variant¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English variaunt(e), variant(e) “undergoing change, tending to change, changeable,” from Old French, from Latin variant-, stem of ��Բ�, present participle of �� “to mark or adorn with different colors”; various; -ant

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Word History and Origins

Origin of variant¹

C14: via Old French from Latin ��Բ�, from �� to diversify, from varius various

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With that ancient DNA, scientists identified gene variants specific to dire wolves and then performed multiplex gene editing with a genome from the gray wolf, dire wolves’ closest living relatives.

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��ever Augusta founder Bobby Jones uttered about the importance of golfing mentality - there are a few variants of his profound psychology - the legendary American probably didn't expect it to be referenced a century later.

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The southern provinces of Syria, which run along the frontier with Israel, are home to many of Syria's Druze – Arabs who practice a variant of Shia Islam – whose community stretches across Syria, Israel and Lebanon.

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Unfortunately, the vaccines were still months away and new variants were springing up so he resorted to his usual tactics of pitting people against each other.

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More than 100 renderings by artists as grand as David Hockney delivered fugue variants in form and material.

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variance variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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