a. [f. prec. + -AL.] Marked or characterized by, dealing with or concerning, variation, in various senses.
1879. Thomson & Tait, Nat. Phil., I. I. § 327. Which is the general variational equation of motion of a conservative system.
1888. Encycl. Brit., XXIV. 77/1. This succession of variational theories.
1907. Sat. Rev., 5 Oct., 422/1. Man … is more variational than woman.
