malartaíocht — meaning in English
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English meaning
- substitution noun The act of putting one thing in place of another, or the result of doing so.
- variation noun A change, or the act of changing, in the form, amount, or quality of something.
Senses
malartaíocht is used for these senses in English:
- substitution (chemistry, especially, organic chemistry) The replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another.
- variation (linguistics) The situation where two or more linguistic forms appear in the same environment without a change in meaning, the choice of form being determined by factors of dialect, sociolect, register or simply the speaker's preference.
variation — full definition
- noun A change, or the act of changing, in the form, amount, or quality of something.
- noun A version of something that differs somewhat from the original or from others of its kind.
- noun In music, a passage that reworks a melody with changes to rhythm, harmony, or ornamentation.