Variation vs Varying - What's the difference?
variation | varying |
The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing
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(nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north. Also called magnetic declination.
(board games) A line of play that differs from the original.
(music) A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass.
A kind of variable, used by a fragment shader, that interpolates values across a primitive, so as to produce gradient effects etc.
* 2012 , Patrick Cozzi, Christophe Riccio, OpenGL Insights
As nouns the difference between variation and varying
is that variation is the act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing while varying is {{cx|computer graphics|lang=en}} A kind of variable, used by a fragment shader, that interpolates values across a primitive, so as to produce gradient effects etc.As a verb varying is
present participle of lang=en.variation
English
(wikipedia variation)Noun
(en-noun)David Van Tassel], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-dehaan Lee DeHaan
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Derived terms
* magnetic variation * theme and variationsReferences
* US FM 55-501 MARINE CREWMAN’S HANDBOOK; 1 December 1999 * * ----varying
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Verb
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(en noun)- Another consideration to the relationship between vertex and fragment shaders is that adding too many additional varyings can be a drag on performance since they must all be interpolated
