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deviation

noun

1 deviation

A variation that deviates from the standard or norm:
— The deviation from the mean.

synonyms: departure, difference, divergence.

Roget 374a: sex, sexuality, gender; male, masculinity, maleness etc. 373; female, femininity etc. 374.    sexual intercourse, copulation, ... show more

Roget 291: divergence, divergency; divarication, ramification, forking; radiation; separation etc. (disjunction) 44; dispersion etc. 73; deviation ... show more

Roget 20a: variation; alteration etc. (change) 140.    modification, moods and tenses; discrepance, discrepancy.    divergency etc. 291; deviation etc. ... show more

Dutch: aberratie, abnormaliteit, afwijken, afwijking, anomalie, deviatie, ecart, swing
Polish: deklinacja, zboczenie

2 deviation

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

Dutch: fout
Polish: odchylenie

3 deviation

The error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances.

Polish: dewiacja

4 deviation

Deviate behavior.

synonym: deviance.

5 deviation

A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern).

synonyms: deflection, deflexion, digression, divagation, diversion.

Roget 279: deviation; swerving etc. v.; obliquation, warp, refraction; flection, flexion; sweep; deflection, deflexure; declination.    ... show more

Roget 245: curvature, curvity, curvation; incurvature, incurvity; incurvation; bend; flexure, flexion, flection; conflexure; crook, hook, ... show more

Roget 140: change, alteration, mutation, permutation, variation, modification, modulation, inflexion, mood, qualification, innovation, metastasis, deviation, turn, ... show more


Moby thesaurus: aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, abnormality, abnormity, about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, allowance, alteration, ambages, amelioration, amorphism, anamorphism, anamorphosis, anomalism, anomalousness, anomaly, apostasy ... show more.

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