Variation or Variations may refer to:

Science and mathematics

Variation (astronomy) In astronomy, the variation of the Moon is one of the principal perturbation (astronomy), perturbations in the motion of the Moon. Discovery The variation was discovered by Tycho Brahe, who noticed that, starting from a lunar eclipse in December 1 ...

, any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite, particularly of the moon * 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 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 mathematics, the total variation identifies several slightly different concepts, related to the (local property, local or global) structure of the codomain of a Function (mathematics), function or a measure (mathematics), measure. For a real ...

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 The calculus of variations (or variational calculus) is a field of mathematical analysis that uses variations, which are small changes in Function (mathematics), functions and functional (mathematics), functionals, to find maxima and minima of f ...

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), a 1966 ballet by choreographer George Balanchine * ''Variations'' (film), a 1998 short film by Nathaniel Dorsky * ''Variations'' (journal), a journal of literature published by Peter Lang

Music

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

Akina Nakamori is a Japanese Singing, singer and Actor, actress. She is one of the most popular and List of best-selling music artists in Japan, best-selling music artists in Japan. Akina achieved national recognition after winning the 1981 season of the tal ...

* Les Variations, a French rock group * ''Variations'' (Andrew Lloyd Webber album), 1978 * ''Variations'' (Eddie Rabbitt album), 1978

Other uses

Variation (game) House rules are unofficial modifications to official game rules adopted by individual groups of players. House rules may include the removal or alteration of existing rules, or the addition of new rules. Such modifications are common in Board ga ...

, 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) Variation (1827–1847) was a British Thoroughbred horse racing, racehorse and Horse breeding#Terminology, broodmare that achieved success in the racing world. In 1830, Variation made her racing debut by winning the British Classic Races, cl ...

, a British Thoroughbred *

Variation of the field In heraldry, variations of the field are any of a number of ways that a Field (heraldry), field (or a Charge (heraldry), charge) may be covered with a pattern, rather than a flat Tincture (heraldry), tincture or a simple Divisions of the field, di ...

, a concept in heraldry

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