Variant Definition
Showing deviation or disagreement.
(computing) A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
- edition
- version
- variation
- var
- strain
- form
- variance
- discrepancy
- variate
- chance variable
- stochastic variable
- random-variable
- variety
- result of variation
- irregularity
Other Word Forms of Variant
Noun
Origin of Variant
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Middle English from Old French from Latin variāns variant- present participle of variāre to vary vary
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Recorded since c.1380, from Old French variant, from Latin variāns, the present active participle of variō (“to change").
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