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var⋅i⋅ant

  [vair-ee-uhnt]
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–adjective
1. tending to change or alter; exhibiting variety or diversity; varying: variant shades of color.
2. not agreeing or conforming; differing, esp. from something of the same general kind.
3. not definitive, as a version of part of a text; different; alternative: a variant reading.
4. not universally accepted.
–noun
5. a person or thing that varies.
6. a different spelling, pronunciation, or form of the same word: “Vehemency” is a variant of “vehemence.”
Origin:
1325–75; ME < L variant-, s. of variāns, prp. of variāre to vary; see -ant
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var·i·ant   (vâr'ē-ənt, vār'-)   
adj.  

  1. Having or exhibiting variation; differing.

  2. Tending or liable to vary; variable.

  3. Deviating from a standard, usually by only a slight difference.

n.  Something that differs in form only slightly from something else, as a different spelling or pronunciation of the same word.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin variāns, variant-, present participle of variāre, to vary; see vary.]
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Word Origin & History

variant  (adj.)
c.1380, from O.Fr. variant, from L. variantem (nom. varians), prp. of variare "to change" (see vary). The noun is first attested 1848.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1var·i·ant
Pronunciation: 'ver-E-&nt, 'var-
Function: adjective
: manifesting variety or deviation : exhibiting variation <variant DNA molecules> <variant anginal attacks>

Main Entry: 2variant
Function: noun
: one that exhibits variation from a type, norm, or wild type : MUTATION; also : one whose behavior is at variance with the norms of society
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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variant var·i·ant (vâr'ē-ənt, vār'-)
adj.

  1. Having or exhibiting variation; differing.

  2. Tending or liable to vary; variable.

  3. Deviating from a standard, usually by only a slight difference.

n.
Something that differs in form only slightly from something else.

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