variant
pronunciation
How to pronounce variant in British English:
UK [ˈveəriənt]
How to pronounce variant in American English:
US [ˈveriənt]
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- Noun:
- an event that departs from expectations
- (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
- a variable quantity that is random
- something a little different from others of the same type
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- Adjective:
- differing from a norm or standard
Word Origin
- variant (n.)
- :something substantially the same, but in different form," 1848, from variant (adj.).
- variant (adj.)
- late 14c., "tending to change," from Old French variant and directly from Latin variantem (nominative varians), present participle of variare "to change" (see vary).
Example
- 1. Not every font family has a swash variant .
- 2. This variant form of cauliflower is the ultimate fractal vegetable .
- 3. But the indian variant of creative destruction seemed unusually benign .
- 4. Some of them emit sounds ( usually white noise or a variant ) in an effort to mask distracting noises .
- 5. Decode has found , for instance , that the same genetic variant carries risks that differ depending on whether it is inherited from the mother or the father .