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var [vɑː] n (Mathematics & Measurements / 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.: 898 441 (1999). 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
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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. The Comte de la Fere puzzled his brains for some time, to divine what the musketeer could be going to do at Cannes, and what motive could have led him to examine the banks of the Var. 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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