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variegation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun variegation has 2 senses
- variegation(n = noun.attribute) Array - variability in coloration; Array is a kind of variability, variableness, variance
- variegation(n = noun.act) diversification - the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered); "my broker recommended a greater diversification of my investments"; "he limited his losses by diversification of his product line" is a kind of change
Derived form verb variegate1
Derived form verb variegate2
CIDE DICTIONARY
variegation, n.
The act of variegating or diversifying, or the state of being diversified, by different colors; diversity of colors. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
variegation
Dalmatian, Proteus, allotropism, allotropy, antigorite, butterfly, candy cane, capriciousness, chameleon, changeability, changeableness, cheetah, choppiness, chrysotile, confetti, contrariety, contrast, crazy quilt, dappleness, departure, deviation, difference, differentiation, disaccord, disaccordance, disagreement, disconformity, discongruity, discordance, discrepancy, discreteness, disorder, disparity, dissent, dissimilarity, dissonance, distinction, distinctness, divarication, divergence, divergency, diversification, diversity, far cry, firedog, harlequin, her infinite variety, heterogeneity, heteromorphism, inaccordance, incompatibility, incongruity, inconsistency, inconsonance, inconstancy, inequality, inharmoniousness, inharmony, instability, iris, irreconcilability, irregularity, jaguar, jerkiness, leopard, mackerel, mackerel sky, manifoldness, marble, marbled paper, mercuriality, mixture, moire, mother-of-pearl, motleyness, multifariousness, multiplicity, mutability, nacre, nonconformism, nonconformity, nonstandardization, nonuniformity, ocelot, odds, omnifariousness, omniformity, opal, ophite, opposition, otherness, patchwork quilt, peacock, pluralism, polymorphism, raggedness, rainbow, separateness, serpentine, serpentine marble, shapeshifter, shot silk, spectrum, tortoise shell, unconformism, unconformity, unevenness, unlikeness, unorthodoxy, unsteadiness, variability, variance, variation, variety, variousness, versatility, wavering, zebraROGET THESAURUS
variegation
Variegation
N variegation, colors, dichroism, trichroism, iridescence, play of colors, polychrome, maculation, spottiness, striae, spectrum, rainbow, iris, tulip, peacock, chameleon, butterfly, tortoise shell, mackerel, mackerel sky, zebra, leopard, cheetah, nacre, ocelot, ophite, mother-of-pearl, opal, marble, check, plaid, tartan, patchwork, marquetry-, parquetry, mosaic, tesserae, strigae, chessboard, checkers, chequers, harlequin, Joseph's coat, tricolor, variegated, many-colored, many-hued, divers-colored, party- colored, dichromatic, polychromatic, bicolor, tricolor, versicolor, of all the colors of the rainbow, of all manner of colors, kaleidoscopic, iridescent, opaline, opalescent, prismatic, nacreous, pearly, shot, gorge de pigeon, chatoyant, irisated, pavonine, pied, piebald, motley, mottled, marbled, pepper and salt, paned, dappled, clouded, cymophanous, mosaic, tesselated, plaid, tortoise shell, spotted, spotty, punctated, powdered, speckled, freckled, flea-bitten, studded, flecked, fleckered, striated, barred, veined, brinded, brindled, tabby, watered, grizzled, listed, embroidered, daedal, naevose, stipiform, strigose, striolate, (iii) PERCEPTIONS OF LIGHT.
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