variant

Meaning

Adj

1. Showing variety, diverse.
2. Showing deviation or disagreement.
3. (obsolete) 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.

Synonyms

version

variation

alternative

chance variable

varying

various

varied

variate

variance

strain

reading

random variable

modification

discrepancy

edition

var.

stochastic variable

divers

different

form

mutant

mutation

variable

devious

dialect

difference

varietysport

differentiation

digressive

degenerate

discrepant

distinct

divergent

aberrance

diverse

diversified

conversion

exception

fickle

fluctuating

sport

hybrid

irregular

miscellaneous

contrast

modified

text of a book

sallying forth

mutations

odds

Translations

variante

variante

variante

Variante

variante

variant

varyant

παραλλαγή

variant

version

versione

afwijkend

différent

abweichend

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvɛəɹi.ənt/

Etymology

Recorded since c.1380, from Old French variant, from Latin variāns, the present active participle of variō (“to change”).

Sentences

The paper presents a variant of a hidden Markov model for images .