All 3 Uses

variation
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Queen of Attolia
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The dim light coming through a barred window in the door behind him reflected off the stone floor with little variation in its pattern.†
Chpt 1
She was rigid, her fingers clenched as Eugenides steered between rocks topped with foaming white water and sailed directly toward the cliffs, in which she could see no break or variation.†
Chpt 15
"And believed in us all your life?" a voice asked, a voice that was a variation in the pressure in his ears.†
Chpt 21 *

Definitions:

(1) (variation as in: a variation on a theme)
something that is different than others of its type (synonyms could include: adaptation, version, alternate form)
(2) (variation as in: a 60% variation)
quantitative difference
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
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