Varying

Definition: Varying

Varying

Adjective

1. Marked by diversity or difference; "the varying angles of roof slope"; "nature is infinitely variable".

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

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

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

Synonym: Varying

Crosswords: Varying

Books

• Linear Time Varying Systems and Sampled-Data Systems (Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, 265) (reference)

• Poet of the dunes : songs of the dunes and the outer shore, with others in varying modes and moods (reference)

• Stability of Time Dependent and Spatially Varying Flows: Proceedings of the Symposium on the Stability of Time Dependent and Spatially Varying Flows (reference)

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Approach recognition chart of Truk Islands Chart shows varying aspects of Truk while approaching from different directions Work of Roswell Bolstad while Marine intelligence officer.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Boat rigged for pole and line fishing. Note live bait tanks on deck fore and aft of pilot house. Poles of varying size are secured in vertical position ready for fishing. The largest poles are rigged to the pulley system that can be seen approximately 5 meters above the deck.Credit: Fisheries.

Maintaining Atlas TOGA-TAO buoys on the equatorial El Nino array. Personnel off the NOAA Ship KA'IMIMOANA. These buoys are instrumented to measure ocean temperature at varying depths and give forewarning of El Nino or La Nina events.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

NOAA Ship KA'IMIMOANA servicing Atlas Buoy on equatorial Pacific array. These buoys are instrumented to measure ocean temperature at varying depths and give forewarning of El Nino or La Nina events.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 30. Samples of steel cable used by Prince Albert I of Monaco during his oceanographic studies. Various diameter cables were used with different types equipment at varying depths.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Charleston Hot peppers at varying stages of maturity. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

At Temple, Texas, biological science technician Katherine Jones uses a pressure bomb to compare water status of plants growing under varying levels of carbon dioxide in the experimental CO²-gradient tunnel system. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

WAVES at Naval Air Station, New Orleans, Louisiana, try on the newly-authorized Overseas Cap, while registering varying degrees of approval and disapproval, circa 1944-45. They are (from left to right): Yeoman 2nd Class Bernice Elliot; Yeoman 3rd Class Martha Dietlin; and Seaman 1st Class Kay Magee.Credit: NAVY.

Fires a full broadside of nine 16"/50 and six 5"/38 guns during a target exercise near Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, 1 July 1984. Photographed by PHAN J. Alan Elliott. Note concussion effects on the water surface, and 16-inch gun barrels in varying degrees of recoil.Credit: NAVY.

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Besides the crime which consists in violating the law, and varying from the right rule of reason, whereby a man so far becomes degenerate, and declares himself to quit the principles of human nature, and to be a noxious creature, there is commonly injury done to some person or other, and some other man receives damage by his transgression: in which case he who hath received any damage, has, besides the right of punishment common to him with other men, a particular right to seek reparation from him that has done it: and any other person, who finds it just, may also join with him that is injured, and assist him in recovering from the offender so much as may make satisfaction for the harm he has suffered. (Second Treatise of Government)

No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of representatives shall have intervened. (reference)

Where such charges are not precluded by any existing conventions, charges varying on different sections of a river may be levied on vessels using the navigable channels or their approaches, provided that they are intended solely to cover equitably the cost of maintaining in a navigable condition, or of improving, the river and its approaches, or to meet expenditure incurred in the interests of navigation. (reference)

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So many subterranean degrees, so many differing labours, so many varying excavations.

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Health

TSC can cause seizures and varying degrees of mental disability. (references)

Symptoms of cerebral palsy lie along a spectrum of varying severity. (references)

It features active case management and varying degrees of geriatric programming. (references)

Business

The central government has delegated varying levels of approval authority to local governments. (references)

Emirate rulers are accessible, in varying degrees, to citizens who have a problem or a request. (references)

Credit ceilings are allotted with respect to varying pay scales and may differ from one firm to another. (references)

Children

Afghanistan

Some girls received an education in informal home schools, which were tolerated to varying degrees by the Taliban around the country. (references)

Civil Liberties

Eritrea

These individuals have been detained for varying periods of time, some for more than 5 years without charge. (references)

Belarus

Nevertheless public demonstrations occurred frequently in Minsk, varying in size from a few participants to several thousand. (references)

Discrimination

Vietnam

Persons formerly interned in reeducation camps on the basis of association with the pre-l975 government continued to report varying levels of discrimination as they and their families sought access to housing, education, and employment. (references)

Economic History

Tajikistan

Earthquakes are of varying degrees and are frequent. (references)

Switzerland

Climate: Temperate, varying with altitude and season. (references)

Human Rights

Burundi

Domestic human rights groups received varying degrees of cooperation from government ministries. (references)

China

These fines are assessed at widely varying levels, depending on the circumstances of the parents. (references)

Korea

In the past, the security services conducted varying degrees of surveillance, including wiretaps of political dissidents. (references)

Indigenous People

Ecuador

The vast majority reside in rural areas, including the highlands and the Amazonian provinces, and most live in varying degrees of poverty. (references)

Minorities

Hungary

Education is available to varying degrees in almost all minority languages. (references)

Japan

Burakumin, Koreans, and alien workers experience varying degrees of societal discrimination, some of it severe and longstanding. (references)

Political Economy

HUNGARY

Foreign ownership is restricted to varying degrees in civil aviation, defense, and broadcasting. (references)

Haiti

Criminal deportees who already served full sentences in other countries continue to be held for varying amounts of preventive detention. (references)

GHANA

Government Procurement Practices: Currently, there are varying procedures for selling to the government, but a unified code is under preparation. (references)

Political Rights

Singapore

In addition government influence extends in varying degrees to academic, community service, and other NGO's. (references)

Somalia

Although many such groups derive their authority from the traditional deference given clan elders, most face opposition of varying strength from clan groups and political factions. (references)

United Kingdom

The small number of remaining overseas British territories have an aggregate population of approximately 190,000. They enjoy varying degrees of self-government based on the British model, with appointed governors. (references)

Trade

Norway

The State, to varying degrees, participates in all of these. (references)

Uae

Since that time, eleven free trade zones, in varying stages of development, emerged. (references)

Australia

The GST replaces the wholesale sales tax, which was applied at varying rates on a range of products. (references)

Travel

Ukraine

There is a range of hotels in Kyiv, varying in price. (references)

Women

Turkey

However, women continued to face discrimination in employment to varying degrees. (references)

Gambia

Approximately seven of the nine major ethnic groups practice FGM at ages varying from shortly after birth until 16 years old. (references)

Worker Rights

India

The act thus is subject to varying interpretations from state to state. (references)

Russia

These NGO's receive varying degrees of support from regional and local governments. (references)

Bangladesh

Wildcat strikes are illegal but frequently occur, with varying government responses. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "varying": time varying noise ♦ varying acceleration ♦ varying duty ♦ varying flow ♦ varying hare ♦ varying pattern ♦ varying speed motor. Additional references.

Ending with "varying": time-varying.

Albanian

i ndryshueshëm (alterable, changeable, changeful, fickle, flexible, inconstant, labile, mercurial, mobile, movable, mutable, protean, shifting, transitional, uncertain, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, various, vertiginous). (various references)

Chinese 

時大時小 , 变化 (Diversities, Diversity, mutation, Transformative, Variance, Vary). (various references)

Danish

ved den roerlaegningsmetode,der benytter soesaetning,bygges sektioner paa mellem 1000 og 1500 fods laengde paa land,hvorefter de soesaettes og bugseres paa plads flydende paa vandet,inden de saettes saummen med foregaaende sektioner og saenkes ned paa hav (and lowered to the bottom, by the launching method of pipelaying, jointed with the preceding section, launched and floated into place, sections varying from 1000 to 1500 ft in length are constructed on land), varierende ydeevne (varying capacity), varierende kapacitet (varying capacity), varierende drift (varying duty), varierende bit-transmissionshastighed (system of varying bit-rate capacities), variabel hastighed (variable speed, varying speed), vekslende belastning (varying load), trykbeholdere af kulstofstaal med hoej soemfaktor er oftest udsat for varierende arbejdstryk (carbon-steel pressure vessels with full-strength joints are usually subjected to varying operating pressures), forskellene i orientering af martensitkrystallerne bevirker en uensartet staerk aetsning,hvorved et meget nuanceret billede fremkommer (so that varying contrast is obtained from grain to grain, the different orientation of the martensite grains causes an etching attack of varying intensity), forstoeveren producerer draaber af meget varierende stoerrelse, hvoraf de stoerste tilbageholdes af en impaktor (the larger ones of which are arrested by an impactor, the spray produces droplets of widely varying size), intermitterende stoej (intermittent noise, time varying noise), martensitnaalene er ulige lange og i almindelighed meget smalle (the martensite needles are of varying lengths and are generally very narrow), motor med varierende omdrejningstal (varying speed motor), drikkevandsforsyningen i dette omraade kommer fra en raekke broende med forskellig blyoploesende evne (potable water supplies to this area come from a number of sources of varying plumbo-solvency), stoette efter varierende satser (varying rates of aide), patient med ustabile sydomsbilleder af skiftende aetiologi (patient with disease patterns of varying aetiology). (various references)

Dutch

voor drukvaten van koolstofstaal worden bij hoogst mogelijke lasnaadwaarde uiteenlopende werkdrukken toegepast (carbon-steel pressure vessels with full-strength joints are usually subjected to varying operating pressures), variabele snelheid (variable speed, varying speed), variabel vermogen (varying capacity), wisselende belasting (ramp, variable load, varying load), wisselend bedrijf (varying duty), systeem met variërende transmissiesnelheden (system of varying bit-rate capacities), steun in verschillende mate (varying rates of aide), patient met niet-constant ziektebeelden van uiteenlopende actiologie/etiologie (patient with disease patterns of varying aetiology), motor met veranderlijk toerental (varying speed motor), intermitterend lawaai (intermittent noise, time varying noise), intermitterend geluid (intermittent noise, time varying noise), de verschillende oriëntatie van de martensietkorrels veroorzaakt een aanetsing van verschillende sterkte,zodat een contrastrijk beeld wordt verkregen (so that varying contrast is obtained from grain to grain, the different orientation of the martensite grains causes an etching attack of varying intensity), de martensietnaalden hebben verschillende lengten en zijn over het algemeen zeer dun (the martensite needles are of varying lengths and are generally very narrow), de drinkwatervoorzieningen van deze streek komen uit een bepaald aantal bronnen met een verschillend lood-oplossend vermogen (potable water supplies to this area come from a number of sources of varying plumbo-solvency), bij de tewaterlatingsmethode worden stukken pijp met een lendte variërend van 1000 tot 1500 voet aan land gemonteerd,te water gelaten en drijvendop hun plaats gebracht,waar zij met voorgaande stuk worden verbonden en op de bodem worden neergelaten (and lowered to the bottom, by the launching method of pipelaying, jointed with the preceding section, launched and floated into place, sections varying from 1000 to 1500 ft in length are constructed on land). (various references)

Finnish

vaihtelevainen (changeable, fickle, flighty, inconstant, variable, varied), vaihteleva (changeable, fickle, flighty, inconstant, variable, varied). (various references)

French

variant (variant). (various references)

German

verschieden (different, differential, differently, differing, dissimilar, distinct, distinctly, diverse, diversely, miscellaneous, miscellaneously, separate, uncommon, unlike, variant, varied, variedly, various), veränderlich (changeable, fluctuating, inconstant, mutable, mutably, shifting, unsettled, variable, variably), unterschiedlich (different, differential, differentially, differently, discriminative, dissimilar, diverse, mixed, patchy, unequal, uneven, variable, variably, variant, varied), schwankend (dizzily, faltering, fickle, firmless, fluctuating, hesitant, oscillating, pitching, rocking, rolling, seesawing, shakily, shaking, staggering, swaying, toddling, tottering, uncertain, uneven, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, wavering, wobbling). (various references)

Greek 

διαφέρων (variant). (various references)

Italian

velocit� variabile (variable speed, varying speed), il rifornimento di acque potabili di questa regione è assicurato per mezzo di un certo numero di sorgenti,che hanno differenti gradi di solubilit� (potable water supplies to this area come from a number of sources of varying plumbo-solvency), battello (and lowered to the bottom, bateau, boat, by the launching method of pipelaying, concave bow, dinghy, jointed with the preceding section, launched and floated into place, sections varying from 1000 to 1500 ft in length are constructed on land, ship, steamer), campo variabile nello spazio (field varying over space), capacit� variabile (varying capacity), carico variabile (ramp, variable load, varying load), deflusso non uniforme (non-uniform flow, varying flow), deflusso variato (non-uniform flow, varying flow), funzionamento variabile (varying duty), aliquote di aiuto variabili (varying rates of aide), il nebulizzatore produce goccioline di dimensioni molto disperse: le goccioline di grandi dimensioni vengono fermate da un dispositivo di arresto (the larger ones of which are arrested by an impactor, the spray produces droplets of widely varying size), imbarcazione (and lowered to the bottom, boat, by the launching method of pipelaying, craft, embarkation, jointed with the preceding section, launched and floated into place, sections varying from 1000 to 1500 ft in length are constructed on land, ship), la differente orientazione dei grani di martensite causa una differenza d'intensit� dell'attacco, da cui derivaun'immagine ricca di tonalit� (so that varying contrast is obtained from grain to grain, the different orientation of the martensite grains causes an etching attack of varying intensity), motore a velocit� variabile (varying speed motor), paziente con quadro patologico instabile di varia eziologia (patient with disease patterns of varying aetiology), per i recipienti a pressione in acciaio al carbonio, con elevato coefficiente di saldatura, sono adottate pressioni d'esercizio diverse (carbon-steel pressure vessels with full-strength joints are usually subjected to varying operating pressures), rumore intermittente (intermittent noise, time varying noise), sistema a flussi di informazioni variabili (system of varying bit-rate capacities), soletta di spessore variabile (slab of varying thickness), gli aghi di martensite hanno lunghezze differenti e in generale sono molto fini (the martensite needles are of varying lengths and are generally very narrow). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

雪兎 (varying hare). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ゆきうさぎ (varying hare). (various references)

Korean 

변�" (metabolic). (various references)

Pig Latin

aryingvay

Portuguese

velocidade variável (variable speed, varying speed), serviço variável (varying duty), ruído intermitente (intermittent noise, time varying noise), o fornecimento de água potável desta região é assegurado por um certo número de fontes que têm graus diferentes de solubilidade (potable water supplies to this area come from a number of sources of varying plumbo-solvency), motor de velocidade variável (varying speed motor), laje de espessura variável (slab of varying thickness), doente que acusa uma evolução instável com uma etiologia variável (patient with disease patterns of varying aetiology), carga variável (ramp, variable load, varying load), capacidade variável (varying capacity). (various references)

Romanian

variabil (changeable, choppy, floating, fluctuating, mutable, uncertain, uneven, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, variably, variant), fluctuant (fluctuating, vacillating). (various references)

Russian 

изменять переменный (alternating). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

varirajući. (various references)

Spanish

variable (changeable, changeful, unsettled, up and down, variable, wayward). (various references)

Swedish

varierande (shifting, variable, variant, varied). (various references)

Vietnamese 

hay thay đổi (changing, fickle, fizgig, flighty, fluky, humoursome, mutable, protean, unsteady), hay biến đổi khác nhau. (various references)

ambigua, ambiguum. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "varying": varyingly. (additional references)

Words ending with "varying": unvarying. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Varying" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: everyfing, everying, varbing, varing, varming, varyng, Veryan, viring. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: grainy, raving, raying.

-2 letters: angry, garni, grain, gravy, invar, rainy, rangy, ravin, virga, vying.

-3 letters: agin, airn, airy, ayin, gain, girn, gnar, gran, gray, grin, gyri, nary, navy, ragi, rain, rang, rani, ring, vagi, vain, vair, vang, vary, viga, vina, viny, yagi, yang, yarn.

-4 letters: ain, air, ani, any, gan, gar, gay, gin, ivy, nag, nay, rag, ran, ray, ria, rig, rin, rya, van, var, via, vig, yar, yin.

-5 letters: ag, ai, an, ar, ay, in, na, ya.

+1 letter: ravingly, vinegary.

+2 letters: unvarying, vainglory, varyingly.

+3 letters: overlaying, overpaying, virginally, waveringly.

+4 letters: antigravity, approvingly, overplaying, overstaying, quaveringly, ravishingly, revealingly, travestying.

+5 letters: unwaveringly.

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