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A unit of electrical power, in an AC circuit, equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
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Something that is variable.
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Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.
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There are several variables to consider here.
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A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.
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A symbol representing a variable.
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A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.
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A variable star.
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A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
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(in the plural) Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.
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The act of varying or the state of being variable.
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A difference between what is expected and what is observed; deviation.
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The state of differing or being in conflict.
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An official permit to do something that is ordinarily forbidden by regulations.
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A discrepancy between two legal documents.
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A departure from a cause of action originally in a complaint.
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The second central moment in probability.
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The number of degrees of freedom in a system.
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Covariance and contravariance generally.
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Depending on the variance of the type constructor, the subtyping relation of the simple types may be either preserved, reversed, or ignored for the respective complex types.
Examples of var in a Sentence
Bateson has shown this to be the case for the sweet-pea (Lathyrus odoratus), var.
The name Varuna may be Indo-European, identifiable, some believe, with the Greek ofpavos (Uranus), and ultimately referable to a root var, " to cover," Varuna thus meaning "the Encompasser."
In the republican chamber elected after the 16th of May, he became minister of public instruction (December 1877), and proposed var i ous republican laws, notably on compulsory primary education.
The chief cultivated plants are maize, the sugar-cane, tobacco, cotton, coffee and especially henequen, the so-called "Sisal hemp," which is a strong, coarse fibre obtained from the leaves of the Agave rigida, var.
The braes of Doune lie to the north-west of the town and extend towards Uam Var.
R - A, Accordingly var where R is the distance of the point in the interspace from the axis, and A is a constant.
Had he not been hampered by the 0 Otranto., Var 19 E Glasgow yMONMOUTH Good Hope 5.55 Sun Set 6.45 p.m.
They are underlain by Jurassic rocks, from beneath which sandstones and shales yielding Glossopteris browniana var.
The morainic belts and other obstructions in the drift plains hem in the waters in the intervening basins and create what are called " glacial lakes," var y ing in diameter from a few yards to several miles.
It is a scattered township lying on the peninsula west of the river Var, which forms the western extremity of the island.
He was recalled to active service during the Hundred Days, and as commander of the army of the Var he defended the south of France against the Austrians.
In many forms deep-staining grains or granules, of a chromatoid nature and of var y ing size, are to be seen in the cytoplasm.
A variety with very pendent boughs, known as the " drooping " larch var.
Ruyschianum, I z ft., with its var.
At the elections of 1885 he advocated a strong Radical programme, and was returned both for his old seat in Paris and for the Var, selecting the latter.
On the 6th of April 1902 he was elected senator for the Var, although he had previously continually demanded the suppression of the Senate.
Farm produce is generally sold by the arroba or fanega; the var y is used in lineal measurement, and the cuadra is used by country people in land measurement.
Some eight or nine years afterwards Abbas Mirza, when at the head of his army in Meshed, invited Var Mahommed Khan of Herat to discuss a settlement of differences between the two governments.
This phenomenon follows injury to the phloem in the lower parts of the stem, preventing the downward flow of elaborated sap. The injury may be due to gnawing insects, and particularly to the fungus Corticium vagum, var.
The variety of poppy grown in Persia appears to be P. somniferum, var.
Tamarisk manna (Persian gaz-angubin, tamarisk honey) exudes in June and July from the slender branches of Tamarix gallica, var.
It is composed of the valley of the Var river (which is all but completely within this department), together with those of its chief affluents, the Tinee and the Vesubie.
Until 1867 English manufacturers of quinine were entirely dependent upon South America for their supplies of cinchona bark, which were obtained exclusively from uncultivated trees, growing chiefly in Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador, the principal species which were used for the purpose being Cinchona Calisaya; C. officinalis; C. macrocalyx, var.
Of these books only two - the Diatessaron and the 7rpos Tous "EXX var are still extant.
Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna AGM has slender, tapered leaves and the male flowers have cream anthers.
V. bombylans var bombylans (this one) mimics the buff tailed bumblebee.
All of the plants of var. japonica found in the UK are functionally female and originate from the same clone.
Japanese Anemone (Anemone hupehensis var. japonica) - creeping rhizomes spread through flowerbeds, they can penetrate cracks in paving and walls.
H. nobilis var. pyrenaica A compact form from the Pyrenees with beautifully marbled leaves.
Weather resistant polypropylene rope can be adjusted for var... .
Why do I set the var ' IS ' equal to ' Start '?
Can the cart use a session var instead of cookie to set customer ID?
Rather than have separate var / and home filesystems I opted for a single large Linux partition.
His pof is given money as a thank you for preparing the var at this auspicious event.
Both any initialised const B and global var C will be stored in the Data Segment, which is limited to 64K bytes.
The second species, with at least two discovered, was the Pale Wax Cap, Hygrocybe pratensis var pallida.
The " set var to what " command has been implemented, but not yet fully tested.
This is a quite unusual plant, called Arisaema ciliatum var.
The ` exp var BG ` is the background light curve expected variance.
The ` Exp var BG ` is the background light curve expected variance.
The Var region holds treasures for anyone who enjoys the harmony of a hillside vineyard, ancient dry stone walls or small walking paths.
In addition to the previously mentioned rape, a variety of another species (or subspecies) of Brassica, namely, Brassica rapa, var.
The southwest spur of that hill is named Uamh Mhor, a possible approximation to Uam Var.
A particularly popular target for uninformed complaint is the new var keyword.
Other languages do this (e.g. var parameters in PASCAL).
The var. rubra of A. spicata has showy fruit.
D. var. sulphureus are said to be garden hybrids between H. argophyllus and H. annuus.
Var. alba has been spoken highly of in the United States, but I have never seen it.
The var. rupicola flowers and seeds annually in the Rock Garden at Edinburgh Botanical Gardens, and seems hardier than the type.
It comes near to I. susiana, having a compact rhizome, relatively large foliage, a fairly tall (a foot or less in height) stem and large flowers; indeed, the var. lurida, which Prof.