variant — meaning in English

English meaning

• bypass noun A road built to route traffic around a town or busy area.
• variation noun A change, or the act of changing, in the form, amount, or quality of something.

Senses

variant is used for these senses in English:

• bypass A replacement road for obsolete road that is no longer in use because devastating natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides).
• variation A related but distinct thing.

bypass — full definition

1. noun A road built to route traffic around a town or busy area.
2. noun A surgical procedure that reroutes blood flow around a blocked or damaged part.
3. verb To avoid something by going around it, or to skip normal procedure.

variation — full definition

1. noun A change, or the act of changing, in the form, amount, or quality of something.
2. noun A version of something that differs somewhat from the original or from others of its kind.
3. noun In music, a passage that reworks a melody with changes to rhythm, harmony, or ornamentation.

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