Variation (6023 bytes)
1: ...ythmic]], and of [[timbre]] or [[orchestration]]. Variational sections depend upon ''one'' type of presentati...
3: ... [[Fantasia variation]] is a form which relies on variation but which repeates and incorporates material free...
5: ==History of variations==
7: ...it provides a way of giving an overall shape to a variation set, rather letting it just form an arbitrary seq...
9: Two famous variation sets from the [[Baroque music|Baroque]] era, both...

Variation of the field (11393 bytes)
1: In [[heraldry]], '''variations of the field''' are any of a number of ways that...
19: ...johnweaver.htm][These are not, strictly speaking, variations of the field, since they is depicted as being on...
29: Any of the division lines composing the variations of the field above may be blazoned with one of t...
59: ...y design when depicting arms) is not considered a variation of the field; it is not specified in blazon, bein...

Total variation (1027 bytes)
1: In [[mathematics]], the '''total variation''' of a [[real number|real]]-valued function ''f'...
5: ...e of [[bounded variation]] precisely if the total variation of ''f'' is finite.
7: ==Total variation distance in probability theory==
9: In [[probability theory]], the '''total variation distance''' between two [[probability measure]]s ...

Coefficient of variation (318 bytes)
1: ...heory]] and [[statistics]], the '''coefficient of variation''' is a measure of dispersion of a [[probability ...

Bounded variation (909 bytes)
1: ...val [''a'', ''b''] on the real line, the '''total variation''' of ''f'' on that interval is
3: ...of '''bounded variation''' precisely if the total variation of ''f'' is finite.
5: Functions of bounded variation are precisely those with respect to which one may...

Solar variation (9624 bytes)
3: ...f interest to climate scientists is whether these variations have a significant effect on the temperature of ...
5: ...ons differ. Nonetheless, some theorise that solar variation is the primary cause of [[climate change]].
9: ... established once satellite measurements of solar variation became available in the 1980s. Various studies ha...
13: ...e of long-term (last hundred or more years) solar variation. The [[IPCC]] discuss this in section 6.11 of the...
30: ...ements above the atmosphere are needed to observe variations in solar output, within the confounding effects ...

Variation (game) (536 bytes)
1: ... For example, [[Hearts]] is usually played with a variation whereby the Jack of Diamonds carries a -10 (desir...

Somaclonal variation (262 bytes)
1: ...]] rearrangements are an important source of this variation.

Elegant variation (2283 bytes)
1: '''Elegant variation''' is a phrase coined by [[Henry W. Fowler]] to r...
3: ...at are chiefly open to the allurements of elegant variation. ... The fatal influence ... is the advice given ...
9: ...is, only to conclude that there is none." Elegant variation is still common in modern journalism, where, for ...
11: ...ner unambiguously renamed the term: ''in''elegant variation.
18: ...gant Variation] -- Fowler's discussion of elegant variation in ''[[The King's English]]'' ([[1908]])

Bottle variation (1746 bytes)
1: '''Bottle variation''' is the degree to which different [[bottle]]s, ...
3: There are many causes of bottle variation, some relating to the wine, some to its container...
5: ...be described as a simple fault rather than bottle variation, even though the corked bottle would be clearly d...
7: And sometimes, it is not clear what causes the variation. Bottles stored together their entire lives, with...

Method of variation of parameters (4592 bytes)
3: In [[mathematics]], '''variation of parameters''' is a technique used in solving c...

Frankenstein-Dracula Variation (525 bytes)
2: '''Frankenstein-Dracula Variation''' is a [[chess]] variant of the [[Vienna Game]] ...

Regional handwriting variation (3304 bytes)
1: ...riations in how the characters are formed. These variations can be likened to a "regional [[accent (language...
3: There is often a great deal of variation within a given region, depending on the method of...

Blind Variation and Selective Retention (624 bytes)
1: '''Blind Variation and Selective Retention''', or '''BVSR''' for sho...
3: ...ribes a repeated process of two steps -- '''blind variation''' and '''selective retention''' on a population ...

Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation (1233 bytes)
1: The '''Najdorf''' variation of the [[Sicilian Defence|Sicilian opening]] is o...
11: ...eading to the extremely complicated Poisoned Pawn variation (8. Qd2, Qxb2, 9. Rb1 or Nb3, Qa3). Black is up...
13: ...e of the success of various players with in these variations (notably [[Bobby Fischer]] and [[Garry Kasparov]...

Modulation factor (480 bytes)
1: ...ak variation actually used, to the maximum design variation in a given type of modulation.
3: ...entional amplitude modulation, the maximum design variation is considered that for which the instantaneous am...

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (3734 bytes)
5: ...es]]'' for solo [[violin]]. Several other sets of variations on this theme have been written, including piece...
7: ...ng variations make a finale. Unusually, the first variation comes ''before'' the theme.
13: ==18th variation ('Andante cantabile')==
15: The slow eighteenth variation is by far the most prolific, and it is often incl...
17: ...f the original theme to obtain the theme for this variation. The piece is one of several by Rachmaninoff to ...

How to keep an idiot busy (936 bytes)
1: ...ing the same techniques. This variation is also a variation on [[blonde joke]]s.

Nimzo-Indian (1255 bytes)
10: *4.Qc2 - Classical Variation
11: *4.a3 - Sämisch Variation
12: *4.e3 - Rubinstein Variation
13: *4.Bg5 - Leningrad Variation

Diabelli Variations (1195 bytes)
1: ...li Variations''''', are a set of [[variation form|variations]] for the [[piano]] by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] ...
3: ...iano pieces, as well as one of the finest sets of variations of their time.

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