Variations on "Là ci darem la mano" (Chopin)
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Variation or Variations may refer to:


Science and mathematics

* Variation (astronomy), any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite, particularly of the moon *
Genetic variation Genetic variation is the difference in DNA among individuals or the differences between populations. The multiple sources of genetic variation include mutation and genetic recombination. Mutations are the ultimate sources of genetic variation, ...
, the difference in DNA among individuals or the differences between populations ** Human genetic variation, genetic differences in and among populations of humans * Magnetic variation, difference between magnetic north and true north, measured as an angle * p-variation, ''p''-variation in mathematical analysis, a family of seminorms of functions * Coefficient of variation in probability theory and statistics, a standardized measure of dispersion of a probability distribution or frequency distribution * Total variation in mathematical analysis, a way of quantifying the change in a function over a subset of \mathbb^n or a measure space * Calculus of variations in mathematical analysis, a method of finding maxima and minima of functionals


Arts

* Variation (ballet) or pas seul, solo dance or dance figure * Variations (ballet), ''Variations'' (ballet), a 1966 ballet by choreographer George Balanchine * Variations (film), ''Variations'' (film), a 1998 short film by Nathaniel Dorsky * Variations (journal), ''Variations'' (journal), a journal of literature published by Peter Lang


Music

* Variation (music), a formal technique where material is altered during repetition * Variations (Cage), ''Variations'' (Cage), a series of works by American avant-garde composer John Cage * Variations (musical), ''Variations'' (musical), 1982 Australian musical by Nick Enright and Terence Clarke * Variations (Stravinsky), ''Variations'' (Stravinsky), Igor Stravinsky's last orchestral composition written in 1963–64 *''Variation'', album by Akina Nakamori * Les Variations, a French rock group * Variations (Andrew Lloyd Webber album), ''Variations'' (Andrew Lloyd Webber album), 1978 * Variations (Eddie Rabbitt album), ''Variations'' (Eddie Rabbitt album), 1978


Other uses

* Variation (game), modifications made to a game by a community of players (as opposed to a central authority) * Variation (game tree), a particular series of moves * Variation (linguistics), a linguistic characteristic of languages * Variation (horse), a British Thoroughbred


See also

* * Variability (disambiguation) * Change (disambiguation) * Variations on a Theme (disambiguation) * Rate of change (disambiguation) * Repetition (disambiguation) * Variant (disambiguation) * Calculus of variations, a field of mathematics which deals with functions of functions * Genetic diversity, total number of genetic characteristics in the genetic makeup of a species * Variance, expectation of deviation in probability theory or statistics {{disambiguation