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vars

/vɑːrz/ /værz/

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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.

Examples :

"To improve the power factor of the factory's inductive load, the electrician installed capacitors that would supply 50 vars of reactive power. "

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Something that is variable.

Examples :

"In science class, we learned about different kinds of vars like the temperature of a room and the amount of sunlight a plant receives. "

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Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.

Examples :

"There are several variables to consider here."

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A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.

Examples :

"The possible vars for the project's budget are between $10,000 and $20,000. "

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A symbol representing a variable.

Examples :

"The programming assignment asked us to list all the `vars` used in our code and explain what each one represented. "

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A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.

Examples :

"In the math program, the teacher explained how the vars "x" and "y" hold different numbers during the calculation of the equation. "

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noun

A variable star.

Examples :

"Astronomers study vars to understand how stars change over time. "

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A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.

Examples :

"The sailor adjusted the sails frequently to compensate for the vars during the afternoon race. "

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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 sailboat captain steered clear of the vars, knowing that light winds in those areas made sailing difficult. "

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The act of varying or the state of being variable.

Examples :

"Example Sentence: "The vars in Sarah's mood, from happy to sad, sometimes made it hard to know how to talk to her." "

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A difference between what is expected and what is observed; deviation.

Examples :

"The teacher noted several vars between the students' predicted test scores and their actual results, indicating some misjudgment in self-assessment. "

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The state of differing or being in conflict.

Examples :

"The vars between the siblings over sharing toys often led to loud arguments. "

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An official permit to do something that is ordinarily forbidden by regulations.

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"Because of her medical condition, Sarah obtained vars from the school to eat lunch in the classroom instead of the crowded cafeteria. "

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A discrepancy between two legal documents.

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"The vars between John's will and his original property deed created a legal challenge for his family after he passed away. "

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A departure from a cause of action originally in a complaint.

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"After the investigation revealed new information, the plaintiff's lawyer filed a motion that included several vars from the original complaint, focusing now on neglect rather than solely on intentional harm. "

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The second central moment in probability.

Examples :

"The variance, or "vars," of the students' test scores showed a significant spread. "

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The number of degrees of freedom in a system.

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"In the physics simulation, increasing the number of vars allowed for more realistic movements of the robot arm. "

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Covariance and contravariance generally.

Examples :

"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."

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