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Example sentences for "variations"

Lexicographically close words:
variant; variants; varias; variation; variational; variaunce; varices; varicocele; varicolored; varicose
  1. Still less can we predict or limit the possible variations of the soul, the fulness which it may receive from the World-Soul, its possible heritage of grace and truth.

  2. From the best intelligence I could gain, the riots of the manufacturers had no other foundation but such variations in the manufacture as all fabrics experience, and which they had themselves known and submitted to before.

  3. Their ideals were a hundred and fifty years old, ingenious variations on the sixteenth-century pattern.

  4. Now, without regard to possible {469} variations of the perceptive response of inference, there are at least different varieties of the exploratory process leading up to inference.

  5. Exercise has here modified a native reaction in the way of making it more definite and precise, by strengthening the accurate movement as against all the variations of the pecking movement that were made at the start.

  6. The combination of steps into larger units is shown also by certain variations of the experiment.

  7. Wrestling, boxing, snowballing are variations on attack and defense.

  8. The secondary feet, which we contrast with the three primary feet as later productions, exhibit great variations in number and development.

  9. These variations are far greater than Buetschli (1882, loc.

  10. In this as well as in other respects the variety of different forms and of developmental variations is far greater than Buetschli (1882, loc.

  11. The dialect, formed with slight variations from the Attic, which prevailed among Greek writers after the time of Alexander.

  12. An instrument for measuring the variations in size of the internal organs of the body, as the kidney, spleen, etc.

  13. These may be viewed as variations from the typical species in its most perfect and purest form, or, as is more commonly the case, all the forms, including the latter, may rank as Varieties.

  14. Wholly solid; -- said of a barometer constructed of solid materials to show the variations of atmospheric pressure without the use of liquids, as the aneroid.

  15. The science which treats of the atmosphere and its phenomena, particularly of its variations of heat and moisture, of its winds, storms, etc.

  16. An instrument for determining and registering the variations in the size or volume of a limb, as the arm or leg, and hence the variations in the amount of blood in the limb.

  17. The necessary variations in the electrical currents are usually produced by means of a microphone attached to a thin diaphragm upon which the voice acts, and are intensified by means of an induction coil.

  18. It produces its effects by the changes of intensity in an electric current, occasioned by the variations in the contact resistance of conducting bodies, especially of imperfect conductors, under the action of acoustic vibrations.

  19. An instrument used for determining and rectifying the variations of the compass on board ship.

  20. Barrande, in the publication before us, discusses the brachiopods with reference, first, to the variations observed within the limits of the species, eliminating in this way mere synonyms and varieties mistaken for species.

  21. Arrangement of the day in winter: variations of daily custom.

  22. Variations of these types of plan are seen in the thirteenth-century enlargements of the Benedictine churches of Rochester and Worcester, in which the quires were placed in the eastern arm.

  23. Great variations will of course arise from guns of fine or rough insides; guns new or old, well kept or neglected; and in guns bored larger at the breech-ends, in order to give artificial resistance to the escape of the charge.

  24. Many times he had to repeat it, and finally, when he improvised two or three variations on the air, his delighted listener made him promise that whenever he passed the house he would come in and play that tune for him.

  25. This picker is copied after The Kenneth Dick machine with some variations in the separation process.

  26. Under the incessant slow variations of these astronomical, telluric, and geographical influences life has no rest.

  27. This in a thousand variations has been one of the main stories in history for the last seventy centuries or more.

  28. As yet they had no settled creeds, and there can be little doubt that there were wide local variations in their beliefs and disciplines during this formless period.

  29. Here, then, is another set of varying influences that will play in with and help or check the influence of the astronomical variations stated in § 1 and § 2.

  30. Another entirely different cause of changes in the general climate of the earth may be due to variations in the heat of the sun.

  31. Three main variations of the ancient Greek speech are distinguished; the Ionic, the Æolic, and the Doric.

  32. The cult and doctrine of Gautama, gathering corruptions and variations from Brahminism and Hellenism alike, was spread throughout India by an increasing multitude of teachers in the fourth and third centuries B.

  33. These languages are not different things, they are variations of one thing.

  34. This particular little constellation of variants is given here not only because it is amusing, but because it is desirable that the reader should know such variations exist.

  35. Howell and Graves and Lecky went under strict guard until they could be asked some thousands of variations of the question, "Why did you do it?

  36. There were the faintest possible variations of brightness.

  37. But Sergeant Bellews modified it to allow of variations in type as well as frequency and amplitude.

  38. This globe shows worldwide variations in gravity as they now appear from observations at sea (in submarines) as well as on land.

  39. Sawitsch reported the work for western Europeans in "Les variations de la pesanteur dans les provinces occidentales de l'Empire russe.

  40. Corrections were made for buoyancy, for amplitude of swing and for variations in length of the wire with temperature.

  41. In reality the difficulty in this variation, as well as in nearly all the variations of the Queen's gambit, lies in the slow development of Black's Queen Bishop.

  42. B - Kt 5 B - Kt 5 Of all the variations of the French Defence I like this best, because it gives Black more chances to obtain the initiative.

  43. I leave the variations for the student to work out.

  44. The student is left to work out the many variations arising from this position.

  45. The variations are numerous and difficult.

  46. I leave it to the reader to work this out for himself, as the variations are so numerous that they would take up too much space.

  47. The reason was my total lack of knowledge of the different variations in this opening, coupled with the fact that I knew that Dr.

  48. P - Q 3 This is a very solid development, to which I was much addicted at the time, because of my ignorance of the multiple variations of the openings.

  49. These variations in the landscape made up a thousand pictures which gave to the spot, naturally charming, a thousand novel features.

  50. With that remarkable art which women alone possess of making their own everything that has been told them, she blends all shades and variations of character so as to create a manner peculiarly her own.

  51. The Variations and Fugue and Humoresques à l'antique enable one to understand how Paderewski can play Scarlatti, Couperin, and Rameau with such intimate sympathy.

  52. But, at any rate, the performances of Haydn's Variations in F minor and Mozart's Rondo in A minor were perfect enough in restraint and classical grace to rank as models.

  53. The following diagrams are graphic representations of the variations in the angle, which a given leaflet makes with the vertical.

  54. These variations in structure, plus variations in coloring, constitute the physical basis for the innumerable charming effects which expert wood workers are able to create for the furniture lover.

  55. Many variations of this general form include octagonal legs and pear bulb legs.

  56. For the first time, the claim may be advanced that certain limitations in furniture design have been released and that innumerable variations without changing the shape or structure of the product are possible.

  57. When these variations are understood and controlled a group or a room may be given atmosphere which not only adds to its beauty, but also greatly helps in arranging it to meet the needs of the people who use it.

  58. Many variations of this form, which is here shown in an ornate leg of the style of Louis XIV.

  59. Variations in light, color, line, shape, and size affect the mind in certain fairly definite ways.

  60. This position of matters, which is subject to slow alteration in the course of ages, at present tends to moderate the seasonal variations in the northern hemisphere, and to intensify them in the southern.

  61. Such dislocations probably arise sometimes from the variations of weight supported by the earth's crust in neighbouring regions, due to the transport by rivers of material, which they erode at one place and deposit at another.

  62. Then he began another howl, and ended up with two or three sharp yelps: there were many changes and variations all painfully distinct in the silence of the night.

  63. It is, however, open to question whether this innovation is an improvement, for in a climate with such great variations of temperature as that of Afghanistan the cummerbund is an excellent protection to the abdominal organs.

  64. There are variations in the material which we cannot detect.

  65. The bank struck up as they sat down to table with variations on the air Vive le roy, vive la France, a melody which has never found popular favor.


  66. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "variations" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.