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Definitions: Var

Var

Noun

1. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere var. n : (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; "a new strain of microorganisms".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "var" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Var

DomainDefinitions

Computing

Var /veir/ or /var/ n. Short for `variable'. Compare arg, param. Source: Jargon File.

Electrical Engineering

A unit of reactive power. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Var

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

This article is about the French department. See also: Var (goddess), Var River, volt-amperes reactive (VAR), Value at Risk (VaR)

Var is a département of southern France.

Var
Region Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur
Number 83
Préfecture Toulon
Sous-préfectures Brignoles, Draguignan
Area
 - Total
 - % water

5,973 km²
xx%
Population
 - Total (1999)
 - Density

898,441
150/km²

History

Var was formed in 1790 of a part of Lower Provence, but in 1860 it was reduced by the transfer of the district of Grasse to the newly formed département of the Alpes-Maritimes, which is why the Var River does not now flow in the département to which it gives its name.

Geography

Var is bounded on the north by the département of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (the Verdon river forming the boundary), on the east by that of the Alpes-Maritimes, on the south by the Mediterranean Sea, and on the west by the département of the Bouches-du-Rhône.

Its area is 5,973 km², its greatest length is about 62 miles, and its greatest breadth about 56 miles.

See also: list of Communes of the Var département

Economy

Demographics

Culture

Miscellaneous topics

External links

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Var."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Var

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.

EntrySourceExpressionField

VAR

EnglishVariometerN/A

VAR

GermanVereinigte Arabische RepublikGeography, Politics & International Affaires

VAR

SpanishVacuna adsorbida antirrábicaMedicine

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Var

Synonyms: form (n), strain (n), variant (n), volt-ampere (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Var

English words defined with "var": Crab appleDesert hareGerman millet, Golden-eye, Ground hemlockJeniquenlandlocked salmonNight heron, Nut grassSage sparrow, Sarpo, scrub oak, SewenTaxus baccata, tea roseVarietas. (references)
Specialty definitions using "var": Anthramycin, argcontagious caprine pleuropneumonia, contagious caprine/ovine pleuropneumonia, contagious ovine pleuropneumoniaEnviomycinHarringtoninesMicrosoft Certified Solution Developer, Mycoplasma mycoides var.capri infectionnipple mouseProscillaridinTLAs, turistvalue added reseller, var.winter dysentery, winter scours. (references)
Etymologies containing "var": Ankylostomiasis. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Var" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (dangle, drape, hang, hang up, hook, rope, string up, suspend), Czech (ebullience), Danish (was), Hungarian (crust, scab, scale), Icelandic (was), Norwegian (was), Romanian (chalk, lime), Swedish (be, case, each, every, ichor, matter, pus, was, were, where), Turkish (exists, there are, there is).

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Modern Usage: Var

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Bal kiz (Senlik var) (1974)

Yuregimde yare var (1974)

För var och en ni dömer kommer tio till (1973)

Ska vi gå hem till dej eller till mej eller var och en till sitt? (1973)

Vukuat var (1972)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Var

DomainTitle

Books

  • Cambridge Springs Var. in the Queen's Gambit: D52-Q015.2 (reference)

  • Market Guide / ProVestor Plus Company Report for Varian Medical Systems, I - VAR [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  • Mastering Value at Risk: A Step-By-Step Guide to Understanding and Applying Var (Market Editions) (reference)

  • Risk Budgeting: Portfolio Problem Solving with VaR (reference)

  • Var the Stick (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Var

Illustrations:
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Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Var

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Lewisia cotyledon var. howellii, also commonly known as Imperial Lewisia.Credit: Russ Holmes.

Limnanthes gracilis var. gracilis, also commonly known as Slender Meadow Foam.Credit: John Seevers.

Arabis koehleri var. koehleri, commonly known as Shrubby Rock Cress.Credit: Russ Holmes.

Farshot of Amsinckia intermedia, Amsinckia menziesii var intermedie.Credit: John Craig.

Medium shot of Amsinckia intermedia, Amsinckia menziesii var intermedie.Credit: John Craig.

Wood Rose, also called Wild Rose, (Rosa nutkana var nutkana) found at the Lower Table Rock summit.Credit: Terry Tuttle.

Fiddleneck (Amsinckia menziesii var intermedia) at Lower Table Rock.Credit: Terry Tuttle.

Close up of Fiddleneck (Amsinckia menziesii var intermedia) at Lower Table Rock.Credit: Terry Tuttle.

Coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus var. palmatus) found along Rock Creek, a tributary of the West Fork Evans Creek.Credit: Terry Tuttle.

Hairy Honeysuckle, also called California Honeysuckle, (Lonicera hispidula var. vacillans) located along Upper Trail Creek.Credit: Terry Tuttle.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Var

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Histoplasma capsulatum var. capsulatum. (references)

C. neoformans var. neoformans has been isolated from the soil worldwide, usually in association with bird droppings. (references)

Less common etiologic agent, C. neoformans var. gattii has been isolated from eucalyptus trees in tropical and sub-tropical regions. (references)

Business

The same sources maintain that it is essential to have a Hungarian partner, a VAR or system integrator. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Var

"Var" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 47.37% of the time. "Var" is used about 38 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)47.37%1882,615
Lexical Verb (base form)21.05%8124,375
Unclassified Items18.42%7133,076
Noun (proper)10.53%4175,879
Noun (common)2.63%1339,140
                    Total100.00%38N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Var

Expressions using "var": Mentha aquatica var glabrata var maculata. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Containing "var": ul-var-ke-oos.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Var

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

var

232

immobilier var

65

k var

49

var business

26

matin var

24

agence immobiliere var

22

var tec

20

property search var

19

free property search var

19

broker property var

18
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Var

Language Translations for "var"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

var (was). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

vari. (various references)

   

French

  

var. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βαρ. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

audiovizuális rádió irányadó (visual aural radio range). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

真桑" (Cucumis melo var Makuwa, melon). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

まくわうり (Cucumis melo var Makuwa, melon). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arvay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

var. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

var (be, case, each, every, ichor, matter, pus, was, were, where). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Var

Derivations

Words beginning with "var": vara, varactor, varactors, varas, varia, variabilities, variability, variable, variableness, variablenesses, variables, variably, variance, variances, variant, variants, variate, variated, variates, variating, variation, variational, variationally, variations, varicella, varicellas, varices, varicocele, varicoceles, varicolored, varicose, varicosed, varicosities, varicosity, varied, variedly, variegate, variegated, variegates, variegating, variegation, variegations, variegator, variegators, varier, variers, varies, varietal, varietals, varieties, variety, variform, variola, variolar, variolas, variole, varioles, variometer, variometers, variorum, variorums, various, variously, variousness, variousnesses, varisized, varistor, varistors, varix, varlet, varletries, varletry, varlets, varment, varments, varmint, varmints, varna, varnas, varnish, varnished, varnisher, varnishers, varnishes, varnishing, varnishy, varoom, varoomed, varooming, varooms, vars, varsities, varsity, varus, varuses, varve, varved, varves, vary, varying, varyingly. (additional references)

Words ending with "var": bolivar, cultivar, invar, lekvar, navar, samovar, valvar, vulvar. (additional references)

Words containing "var": aardvark, aardvarks, avarice, avarices, avaricious, avariciously, avariciousness, avariciousnesses, bivariate, bolivares, bolivars, boshvark, boshvarks, boulevard, boulevardier, boulevardiers, boulevards, calvaria, calvarias, calvaries, calvarium, calvariums, calvary, charivari, charivaris, chivaree, chivareed, chivareeing, chivarees, chivari, chivaried, chivaries, chivariing, covariance, covariances, covariant, covariation, covariations, cultivars, divaricate, divaricated, divaricates, divaricating, divarication, divarications, havarti, havartis, invariabilities, invariability, invariable, invariables, invariably, invariance, invariances, invariant, invariants, invars, lekvars, multivariable, multivariate, navars, olivary, ovarial, ovarian, ovariectomies, ovariectomized, ovariectomy, ovaries, ovariole, ovarioles, ovariotomies, ovariotomy, ovaritides, ovaritis, ovary, prevaricate, prevaricated, prevaricates, prevaricating, prevarication, prevarications, prevaricator, prevaricators, salivary, salvarsan, salvarsans, samovars, savarin, savarins, shivaree, shivareed, shivareeing, shivarees, subvarieties, subvariety, svaraj, svarajes, tovarich, tovariches, tovarish, tovarishes, univariate, unvaried, unvarnished, unvarying, uvarovite, uvarovites, vivaria, vivaries, vivarium, vivariums, vivary. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Var

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-r-v"

-1 letter: ar.

 Words containing the letters "a-r-v"
 

+1 letter: arvo, aver, rave, vair, vara, vars, vary, vera.

 

+2 letters: aiver, arval, arvos, avers, avert, brava, brave, bravi, bravo, carve, caver, crave, drave, favor, grave, gravy, haver, invar, larva, laver, marvy, navar, ovary, parve, parvo, paver, raved, ravel, raven, raver, raves, ravin, reave, rival, saver, savor, trave, vairs, valor, vapor, varas, varia, varix, varna, varus, varve, velar, vicar, viral, virga, volar, waver.

 

+3 letters: adverb, advert, aivers, arrive, avatar, averse, averts, aviary, avower, beaver, bravas, braved, braver, braves, bravos, carved, carvel, carven, carver, carves, cavern, cavers, caviar, cavort, claver, cravat, craved, craven, craver, craves, evader, favors, favour, flavor, garvey, graved, gravel, graven, graver, graves, gravid, greave, havers, havior, heaver, invars, jarvey, larvae, larval, larvas, laveer, lavers, leaver, lekvar, marvel, naiver, navars, ovular, pareve, parvis, parvos, pavers, pavior, quaver, ravage, ravels, ravens, ravers, ravine, raving, ravins, ravish, reaved, reaver, reaves, reavow, regave, repave, revamp, reveal, rivage, rivals, salver, salvor, savers, savior, savors, savory, savour, serval, shaver, slaver, sovran, starve, suaver, svaraj, tavern, thrave, travel, traves, trivia, uvular, vagary, vagrom, vaguer, vainer, valkyr, valors, valour, valuer, valvar, vamper, vanner, vapors, vapory, vapour, varied, varier, varies, varlet, varnas, varoom, varved, varves, vaster, vaward, vealer, velars, verbal, vernal, versal, viator, vicars, virago, virgas, visard, vivary, vizard, votary, vulgar, vulvar, waiver, wavers, wavery, wavier, weaver, wharve.

 

+4 letters: adverbs, adverse, adverts, adviser, advisor, agravic, airwave, allover, approve, aquiver, archive, arrival, arrived, arriver, arrives, avarice, avatars, avenger, average, averred, averted, aviator, avodire, avoider, avowers, beavers, behaver, bereave, bolivar, bravado, bravely, bravers, bravery, bravest, braving, bravoed, bravoes, bravura, bravure, cadaver, calvary, caravan, caravel, carvels, carvers, carving, cavalry, caverns, caviare, caviars, caviler, cavorts, chivari, clavers, clavier, cleaver, corvina, cravats, cravens, cravers, craving, deprave, dwarves, engrave, evaders, favored, favorer, favours, flavors, flavory, flavour, forgave, garveys, gravels, gravely, gravers, gravest, gravida, gravies, graving, gravity, gravlax, gravure, greaved, greaves, halvers, harvest, havarti, havered, haverel, haviors, haviour, heavers, heavier, invader, jarveys, klavern, knavery, laveers, lavrock, layover, leavers, leavier, lekvars, levator, marvels, misaver, nervate, nirvana, olivary, outrave, ovarial, ovarian, ovaries, overact, overage, overall, overapt, overarm, overate, overawe, overeat, overfar, overfat, overlap, overlax, overlay, overman, overpay, overran, oversad, oversaw, oversea, overtax, ovipara, ovulary, palaver, parvenu, parvise, paviors, paviour, paviser, pervade, preaver, precava, prevail, privacy, private, quavers, quavery, ravaged, ravager, ravages, raveled, raveler, ravelin, ravelly, ravened, ravener, ravined, ravines, ravings, ravioli, reavail, reavers, reaving, reavows, removal, repaved, repaves, reshave, revalue, revamps, reveals, revisal, revival, reweave, rivages, rivaled, rivalry, riviera, salvers, salvors, samovar, savager, savarin, saviors, saviour, savored, savorer, savours, savoury, savvier, scarves, servals, servant, several, sevruga, shavers, slavers, slavery, sovrans, starved, starver, starves, taverna, taverns, thraves, travail, travels, travois, trivial, unravel, uvulars, vagrant, valeric, valkyrs, valours, valuers, vampers, vampire, vanners, vanward, vapored, vaporer, vapours, vapoury, vaquero, variant, variate, varices, variers, variety, variola, variole, various, varlets, varment, varmint, varnish, varooms, varsity, varuses, varying, vastier, vaulter, vaunter, vavasor, vawards, vealers, vealier, velaria, ventral, venular, veranda, verbals, verbena, verdant, verglas, veritas, vermian, verruca, versant, vervain, vestral, veteran, viators, vibrant, vibrate, vibrato, vicarly, vinegar, viragos, virally, virelai, virelay, viremia, virgate, virtual, visards, viscera, vitamer, vitrain, vivaria, vizards, vorlage, vouvray, voyager, vulgars, waivers, wavered, waverer, weavers, wharves.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Var


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

56 61 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...-    .-    .-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010110 01100001 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#86 &#97 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0056 0061 0072

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

566784

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Usage Frequency
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Abbreviations
14. Acronyms
15. Derivations
16. Anagrams
17. Orthography
18. Bibliography


  

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