noun
definition
Alteration; change.
verb
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To change with time or a similar parameter.
example
He varies his magic tricks so as to minimize the possibility that any given audience member will see the same trick twice.
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To institute a change in, from a current state; to modify.
example
You should vary your diet. Eating just bread will do you harm in the end.
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Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter.
example
His mood varies by the hour.
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(of the members of a group) To display differences.
example
The sprouting tendency of potatoes varies between cultivars, years and places of growing.
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To be or act different from the usual.
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To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.
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To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See variation.
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To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension.
Examples of vary in a Sentence
The seams vary in thickness.
Opinions vary widely; no one really knows.
Even at the same place thunderstorms vary greatly in intensity and duration.
The statistics of civil proceedings vary considerably from province to province.
These vary in form, but essentially they consist of a stem of porcelain, coarse earthenware, glass or other non-conducting substance, protected by an overhanging roof or screen.
If the shape of the equipotential surfaces near it is influenced by trees, shrubs or grass, their influence will vary throughout the year.
Recorders vary in details of construction, but all have the same object, namely, to record the intervals during which the current is applied to the line.
The taxes thus vary considerably in different towns.
The arches vary from 51 to 79 ft.
Soon after, she began to vary her steps from large to small, and little mincing steps were "very small."
The native costumes also vary considerably.
The threads vary in size in different plants.
Prices vary greatly, depending on the restaurant selected.
Wages vary greatly in different parts of Italy, according to the cost of the necessaries of life, the degree of development of working-class needs and the state of working-class organization, which in some places has succeeded in increasing the rates of pay.
The cost of a pier will not vary materially with the span adopted.
Thus editions tended to vary with the historical views of editors.
The restaurant staff traditionally prepares food with a lighter touch, and its menus vary from season to season.
The method to be adopted will vary with the thickness and character of the deposit, with its inclination, and to some extent with the character of the enclosing rocks, the depth below the surface, and other conditions.
Turning now to its usual trade values in Greece (44), the mean of 113 gives 67.15; but they vary more than the Egyptian examples, having a sub-variety both above and below the main body, which itself exactly coincides with the Egyptian weights.
A very considerable body of knowledge relating to this subject already exists, but further work on experimental lines is urgently required to enable us to understand the actual economy of plants growing under different conditions of life and the true relation of the hereditary anatomical characters which form the subject matter of systematic anatomy to those which vary according to the conditions in which the individual plant is placed.
A similar comparison for the several sections of Great Britain, as set forth in Table VI., shows that to England belong about 95% of the wheat area, over 80% of the barley area, over 60% of the oats area, and over 70% of the potato area, and these proportions do not vary much from year to year.
The German immigration, of which so much has been written for political ends, has been greatly over-estimated; trustworthy estimates in 1906 made the German contingent in the population vary from 350,000 to 500,000.
The value of sugar-canes at a given plantation or central factory would at first sight appear to vary directly as the amount of saccharine contained in the juice expressed from them varies, Sugar-canes.
Osiers or willows when tied for market vary locally in girth.
Trypanosomes vary greatly with regard to size; even in one and the same species this variation is often noticeable, especially under.
The number and classification of these departments vary widely in the different cities.
These laws vary greatly in their details from state to state, but they all aim at enabling the voters to exercise a free and unfettered voice in the selection of their candidates, and they have created a regular system of elections of candidates preliminary to the election of office-holders from among the candidates.
The caudal vertebrae vary from a rudimentary condition in the guinea-pig to a great size in the jumping-hare and prehensile-tailed porcupines.
According to race, &c., they vary considerably in size and weight, but on an average they measure from an inch to an inch and a half in length, and from half an inch to an inch in diameter.
The Solomon islanders are of Melanesian (Papuan) stock, though in different parts of the group they vary considerably in their physical characteristics, in some islands approaching the pure Papuan, in some showing Polynesian crossings and in others resembling the Malays.
But this argument is not conclusive, for though the total number of hydrogen molecules is fixed when the gas is enclosed, yet the number of luminous molecules may vary with the condition.
The form and habits of the group vary widely.
These are about thirty in number, excavated in the south side of the precipitous bank of the ravine, and vary from 3 5 to 110 ft.
Wundt, however, having satisfied himself of the power of mere logical thought beyond experience, goes on to further apply his hypothesis, and supposes that, in dealing with the physical world, logical thinking having added to experience the " supplementary notion " of causality as the connexion of appearances which vary together, adds also the " supplementary notion " of substance as substratum of the connected appearances.
This arrangement is not very convenient, as it is difficult to protect the mirror from accidental displacement, so that the angle between the geometrical and magnetic axes may vary.
The spear-heads which have been found in graves vary considerably in both form and size.
Specimens vary considerably in size and colour, but the usual length is about 5 in., and the soft fur yellowish-brown, marked with spots of dark brown and black.
Their numbers vary in the different scriptures, usually thrice seven or thrice sixty.
These instruments they have from us, and made by our artists, and they do not in the least vary from ours, except that the characters are Arabic. The Arabs are the most skilful navigators of all the Asiatics or Africans; but neither they nor the Indians make use of charts, and they do not much want them; some they have, but they are copied from ours, for they are altogether ignorant of perspective."
The cases of nouns are indicated by suffixes, which vary their initials according to the final of the nouns.
When the relative quantities of the components can vary continuously within certain limits, the substance is either a solution or a mixture.
These teeth, adapted to various requirements, vary according to the genus, being conical, hooked, spoon-shaped, molariform, &c.
A common way of doing this is first to choose a proportion of sand to cement, which will probably vary from i to i up to 4 to i.
The dates which have been selected vary from 1344 (given by Froissart, but almost certainly mistaken) to 1351.
The badges of the two branches vary slightly in detail, more particularly in the attachment of fire-stones (fusils or furisons) and steels by which the fleece is attached to the ribbon of the collar.
The French bauxites are of fairly constant composition, containing usually from 58 to 70% of alumina, 3 to 15% of foreign matter, and 27% made up of silica, iron oxide and water in proportions that vary with the colour and the situation of the beds.
The amount of water required, and the times when it should be applied, vary greatly according to the kind of plant and the object for which it is grown, the season, the supply of heat and light, and numerous other conditions, the influence of which is to be learnt by experience only.
The manner and the time in which pruning should be accomplished, and its extent, vary with the plant, the objects of the operation, i.e.
They should not be nearer than, say, 50 yds., and may vary from that to ioo or 150 yds.
In all the various forms of cordons, in horizontal training, and in fan and half-fan training, the pruning of the main branches when the form of the tree is worked out will vary in accordance with the kind of fruit under treatment.