Variation

• Biodiversity
• Genetic diversity, differences within a species

Contents 1 Physics 2 Mathematics 3 Statistics 4 Arts 4.1 Ballet 5 Other

[edit] Physics

• Magnetic variation, difference between magnetic north and true north, measured as an angle
• Variation (astronomy), any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite, particularly of the Moon

[edit] Mathematics

• Bounded variation
• Calculus of variations, a field of mathematics which deals with functions of functions.
• Permutation

[edit] Statistics

• Coefficient of variation in statistics, the magnitude of standard deviation relative to the mean.
• Statistical dispersion, a notion of the extent of spread in measurements of a variable, quantified in the variance.

[edit] Arts

• Variation (music), formal technique where material is altered during repetition
• Variations (album), composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber
• Variation on a theme, in art history

[edit] Ballet

• Variation (ballet), solo dance or dance figure
• Balanchine's 1947 Theme and Variations (ballet)
• Balanchine's 1966 Variations (ballet), an earlier version of Variations for Orchestra
• Balanchine's 1982 Variations for Orchestra, a subsequent revision of Variations

[edit] Other

• Variation (game), modifications made to a game by a community of players (as opposed to a central authority)
• Variation (game tree), particular series of moves.
• Variation (linguistics)

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