variant
IPA: vˈɛriʌnt
noun
- Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.
- (genetics) A different sequence of a gene (locus).
- (computing) A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
- (linguistics, lexicography) One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.
adjective
- Showing variety, diverse.
- Showing deviation or disagreement.
- (obsolete) Variable.
- (programming) Covariant and/or contravariant.
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Examples of "variant" in Sentences
- Next, this variant is easily relatable to “no end of”; there is no “to no end of”.
- Even something like the Thunderbolts #128 Headsman variant is getting $35 in some places.
- The term variant has been used loosely; other related terminology used is aliasing, sameness, and so forth.
- It turns out that the government gamed the sales figures; counting each drivetrain variant under the same model separately.
- Yet, socialism, particulalry its Marxist variant is an ideology that emphasizes the leading role of the working class or dictatorship of the proletariat.
- Even older variants, like the Ultimate Spider-Man #1 white variant is worth like three times the price of the standard cover coming in at about $300 a pop.
- A fairly common poker variant is to have the Ace be high and low, meaning it can be “better” (higher) in value than the King (as normal), and simultaneously lower than 2.
- For every 10 copies of Red Sonja: Wrath of the Gods #1 ordered, retailers will receive a limited edition virgin variant cover signed by writer Luke Lieberman at no extra cost.
- Jessica, that thought about the translation of the subjunctive to be more remote than the habria variant is interesting, especially given the number of times in English we might say “could” or “might” in these situations.
- There are also single volume editions such as Shorter Christian Prayer (which only contains Lauds and Vespers) or Christian Prayer which includes more of the hours, but in a more inexpensive, single volume edition -- another similar variant is this edition of Christian Prayer (published by Paulist Press) which is better laid out for recitation in my estimation.
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