variants

/หˆvษ›ษนi.ษ™nts/

IPA: /V EH1 R IY0 AH0 N T S/

noun
  1. 1

    Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.

    โ€œAll breeds of dog are variants of the species โ€œCanis lupus familiarisโ€.โ€

  2. 2

    A different sequence of a gene (locus).

  3. 3

    A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.

  4. 4

    One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/variant, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/variants