Used in a Sentence

variants

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for variants.

Editorial note

The number is less for the other two variants (180) which have to carry the gun externally in a pod.

Examples13
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of variants gathered in one view.

noun

Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.

noun

(genetics) A different sequence of a gene (locus).

noun

(linguistics, lexicography) One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for variants.

noun

Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.

noun

(genetics) A different sequence of a gene (locus).

noun

(linguistics, lexicography) One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.

noun

(programming) A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.

Example sentences

1

The number is less for the other two variants (180) which have to carry the gun externally in a pod.

2

It also means people will use exactly one idiom instead of lots of variants.

3

For most things, SHA2, by which I mean the newer variants, works reasonably well.

4

There are other variants, however, that have a much higher smoke point with which you can deep fry.

5

It was originally intended that the three variants share at least 75% of their parts in common.

6

You could work with hashed variants in that case; there might be performance benefits there, too.

7

It was formerly separated out into theft, piracy and infringement and commercial and non-commercial variants.

8

Most secondary data such as variants and expression data are not large at all.

9

Since OCaml does support subtyping, you can use polymorphic variants[1] for this purpose.

10

Now if they start coming across variants that can shoot lasers from their eyes, I'll be worried.

11

I pointed out the flaws of that and certain other variants and ended up at -4 as a consequence.

12

This surprises me, I've never had any issues with booting and installing Ubuntu or variants thereof.

Quote examples

1

They had Turing's "bombe", multiple Enigma variants, many lesser-known crypto machines, historic correspondence, a Cray YMP, codetalkers exhibit, spy satellites, and tons of other good stuff.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use variants in a sentence?

The number is less for the other two variants (180) which have to carry the gun externally in a pod.

What does variants mean?

Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.

What part of speech is variants?

variants is commonly used as noun.