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  • 11variant — Variant, [vari]ante. adj. Qui change souvent. Esprit variant. humeur variante. Il a peu d usage …

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  • 12variant — [ver′ēənt, var′ēənt] adj. [OFr < L varians: see VARIANCE] 1. varying; different; esp., different in some way from others of the same kind or class, or from some standard or type 2. Archaic variable; changeable n. anything that is variant, as a …

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  • 13variant — variant. См. вариант [генетический]. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …

    Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • 14variant — index deviant, different, differential, discordant, distinction (difference), divergent, diverse …

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  • 15variant — англ. [вэ/эриэнт] variante ит. [вариа/нтэ], фр. [вариа/нт] Variante нем. [вариа/нтэ] вариант …

    Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов

  • 16variant — ► NOUN ▪ a form or version that varies from other forms of the same thing or from a standard …

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  • 17variant — var|i|ant [ˈveəriənt US ˈver ] n 1.) something that is slightly different from the usual form of something variant of/on ▪ This game is a variant of netball. ▪ a variant on the typical Hollywood hero 2.) technical a slightly different form of a… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18variant — {{11}}variant (adj.) late 14c., from O.Fr. variant, from L. variantem (nom. varians), prp. of variare to change (see VARY (Cf. vary)). {{12}}variant (n.) 1848, from VARIANT (Cf. variant) (adj.) …

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  • 19variant — /vair ee euhnt/, adj. 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… …

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  • 20variant — [[t]ve͟əriənt[/t]] variants N COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of n A variant of a particular thing is something that has a different form to that thing, although it is related to it. The quagga was a strikingly beautiful variant of the zebra... An… …

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