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Time-Variation

/taɪm ˌveə.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
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  1. 1

    The characteristic of a phenomenon that changes or varies over a specified period.

    "The time-variation in the data set revealed significant trends in climate change."
  2. 2

    A mathematical or statistical term referring to the fluctuation of a variable with respect to time.

    "In the analysis, we focused on the time-variation of the stock prices over the last decade."

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The term 'time-variation' is a compound word formed from 'time', derived from Old English 'tima', and 'variation', from Latin 'variatio', meaning change or alteration. The concept has evolved in modern contexts, particularly in fields such as physics and statistics, to describe changes over time.

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