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Noun
S: (n) variation, fluctuation (an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change)
S: (n) variation, variance (an activity that varies from a norm or standard) "any variation in his routine was immediately reported"
S: (n) variation (a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished)
S: (n) version, variant, variation, edition (something a little different from others of the same type) "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "a variant of the same word"; "an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father"
S: (n) variation (an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard) "he patented a variation on the sandal"
S: (n) process, physical process (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states) "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"
S: (n) phenomenon (any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning)
S: (n) chelation ((medicine) the process of removing a heavy metal from the bloodstream by means of a chelate as in treating lead or mercury poisoning)
S: (n) dealignment (a process whereby voters are moved toward nonpartisanship thus weakening the structure of political parties)
S: (n) degeneration, devolution (the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality)
S: (n) development, evolution (a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)) "the development of his ideas took many years"; "the evolution of Greek civilization"; "the slow development of her skill as a writer"
S: (n) economic process (any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth)
S: (n) increase, increment, growth (a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important) "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"
S: (n) industrial process (a systematic series of mechanical or chemical operations that produce or manufacture something)
S: (n) iteration, looping ((computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained) "the solution is obtained by iteration"
S: (n) iteration, loop ((computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated) "the solution took hundreds of iterations"
S: (n) operation, functioning, performance (process or manner of functioning or operating) "the power of its engine determines its operation"; "the plane's operation in high winds"; "they compared the cooking performance of each oven"; "the jet's performance conformed to high standards"
S: (n) photography (the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces)
S: (n) processing (preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure) "the processing of newly arrived immigrants"; "the processing of ore to obtain minerals"
S: (n) reversible process (any process in which a system can be made to pass through the same states in the reverse order when the process is reversed)
S: (n) sensitization, sensitisation ((psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations))
S: (n) variation (the process of varying or being varied)
S: (n) variation ((astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon))
S: (n) mutant, mutation, variation, sport ((biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration)
S: (n) pas seul, variation ((ballet) a solo dance or dance figure)
S: (n) variation (the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard) "who is responsible for these variations in taxation?"