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Deviation

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Noun

1. departure, deviation, difference, divergence

a variation that deviates from the standard or norm

Example Sentences:
'the deviation from the mean'

2. deviation

the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function

3. deviation

the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances

4. deviance, deviation

deviate behavior

5. deflection, deflexion, deviation, digression, divagation, diversion

a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)

Example Sentences:
'a diversion from the main highway'
'a digression into irrelevant details'
'a deflection from his goal'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Deviation

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noun
1. 
an act or result of deviating
2. statistics
the difference between an observed value in a series of such values and their arithmetic mean
3. 
the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances

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Deviation

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noun
the act or an instance of deviating
; specif.,
a. 
sharp divergence from normal behavior
b. 
divergence from the official ideology or policies of a political party, esp. a Communist party
c. 
the deflection of a magnetic compass needle due to magnetic influences; specif., on a ship, such deflection caused by the ship's own magnetic properties
d.  Statistics
the amount by which a number differs from an average or other comparable value
see also mean deviation, standard deviation

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Deviation

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n.
1.
a. The act of deviating or turning aside.
b. An instance of this: "We made so many deviations up and down lanes ... that I was quite tired, and very glad, when we saw Yarmouth" (Charles Dickens).
2.
a. Divergence from an accepted idea, policy, or norm of behavior: "Freud, as the leader of a powerful new movement, could not bear much deviation from his own central ideas" (Joseph Epstein).
b. An instance of this; an abnormality or departure from a norm: "Vice was a deviation from our nature" (Henry Fielding).
3. Deflection of a compass needle caused by local magnetic influence, especially on a ship.
4. Statistics The difference, especially the absolute difference, between one number in a set of data and the mean of that set of data.

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