1. The act of varying. 2. The state or quality of being variant or variable; a variation. 3. A difference between what is expected and what actually occurs. 4. discord 5. A discrepancy between two statements or documents in a proceeding. 6. a zoning variance. 7. The square of the standard deviation. 8. The number of thermodynamic variables, such as temperature and pressure, required to specify a state of equilibrium of a system, given by the phase rule. 9. The facts are at variance with your story.
