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variant

Pronunciation: /ˈvɛəɹi.ənt/

The English word “variant” has 8 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Showing variety, diverse.
  2. Showing deviation or disagreement.
  3. Variable.
  4. Covariant and/or contravariant.

noun

  1. Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.
  2. A different sequence of a gene (locus).
  3. A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
  4. One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.

Etymology

From Old French variant, from Latin variāns, the present active participle of variō (“to change”). First attested in c. 1380.

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