var

noun

An abbreviation of variety (frequent in botany and zoölogy); of variant (so used in this work).

abbreviation

variable

abbreviation

variance

noun

A unit of electrical power, in an AC circuit, equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere

noun

a unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere

noun

(biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups