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VAR

abbr.
1. value-added reseller
2. or VaR value at risk
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var

(vɑː)
n
(Units) a unit of reactive power of an alternating current, equal to the product of the current measured in amperes and the voltage measured in volts
[from v(olt-)a(mperes) r(eactive)]

Var

(French var)
n
1. (Placename) a department of SE France, in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region. Capital: Toulon. Pop: 946 305 (2003 est). Area: 6023 sq km (2349 sq miles)
2. (Placename) a river in SE France, flowing southeast and south to the Mediterranean near Nice. Length: about 130 km (80 miles)

VAR

abbreviation for
(Physiology) visual aural range
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var.

1. variable.
2. variant.
3. variation.
4. variety.
5. variometer.
6. various.
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Noun1.var - a unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere
volt-ampere
power unit - a measure of electric power
kilovolt-ampere - a unit of electrical power equal to 1000 volt-amperes
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It was two hours, owing to sundry wrong turnings, ere she found herself on a summit commanding the long-sought-for vale, the Valley of the Great Dairies, the valley in which milk and butter grew to rankness, and were produced more profusely, if less delicately, than at her home--the verdant plain so well watered by the river Var or Froom.
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When we parted at the Pont du Var, you told me you were going to travel through Piedmont and Tuscany; but instead of that, you come to Paris."
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The twenty-second we lay in a heather bush on the hillside in Uam Var, within view of a herd of deer, the happiest ten hours of sleep in a fine, breathing sunshine and on bone-dry ground, that I have ever tasted.
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