variant
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
Recorded since c.1380, from Old French (=modern) variant, from Latin variāns, the present active participle of variō (“‘change’”).
[edit] Adjective
variant (comparative more variant, superlative most variant)
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showing variety, diverse
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variable — see variable
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variant (plural variants)
- Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.
- All breeds of dog are variants of the species “Canis lupus familiaris”.
- "The word "kerosine" is a variant of “kerosene”.
- (genetics) A different sequence of a gene (locus).
- (computing) A random number.
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something slightly different
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genetics: different sequence of a gene
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random number — see random number
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[edit] Dutch
[edit] Noun
variant (plural varianten, diminutive variantje, diminutive plural variantjes) m.
- A variant
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- (variants by type) deelvariant m., hoofdvariant m., klassevariant m., openingsvariant m., phoneemvariant m., ruilvariant m., teekenvariant m. (obsolete spelling teekenvariant m.), woordvariant m.
- variantengroep
- variantenmateriaal n.
- variantennet n.
- variantenpaar n.
- variantenreeks
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[edit] Verb form
variant
- Present participle of varier.
[edit] Adjective
variant m. (f. variante, m. plural variants, f. plural variantes)
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variant c.
- A variant
