1. (

• discrepancy ,
• variance ,
• variant

) an event that departs from expectations ;

2. (

• form ,
• variant ,
• strain ,
• var.

) (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; "a new strain of microorganisms" ;

3. (

• random_variable ,
• variate ,
• variant ,
• stochastic_variable ,
• chance_variable

) a variable quantity that is random ;

4. (

• version ,
• variant ,
• variation ,
• edition

) something a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "a variant of the same word"; "an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father" ;

1. (

• variant

) differing from a norm or standard; "a variant spelling" ;

2. (

• variant

) exhibiting variation and change; "letters variant in size" ;