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varying

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Noun pluralvaryings

2 meanings of varying

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of vary. Use this form when something is changing or being made different.

    The temperature keeps varying throughout the day.

    Their prices were varying so much that shopping felt confusing.

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  2. 2
    nouncountable
    A kind of value in graphics programming that blends smoothly across a shape to make gradient effects.

    Like mixing two paint colors so the shade changes little by little from one side to the other.

    The programmer used a varying to make the color fade smoothly across the triangle.

    Each varying carries data that blends between the corners of a shape.

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varying is a form of vary

vary, verb: To change over time or with conditions instead of staying the same. Full entry

Forms
varyvaries he/she/itvarying -ing formvaried past tense, past participle
Spelling
vary → varying: add -ing

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