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deviation

[ dee-vee-ey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of deviating.
  2. departure from a standard or norm.
  3. Statistics. the difference between one of a set of values and some fixed value, usually the mean of the set.
  4. Navigation. the error of a magnetic compass, as that of a ship, on a given heading as a result of local magnetism. Compare variation ( def 8 ).
  5. Optics.
    1. Also called deflection. the bending of rays of light away from a straight line.
  6. departure or divergence from an established dogma or ideology, especially a Communist one.


deviation

/ ËŒ»å¾±Ë±¹ÉªËˆ±ðɪʃə²Ô /

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

deviation

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  1. The difference between one number in a set and the mean of the set.
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • »å±ð·±¹¾±Â·²¹Â·³Ù´Ç·°ù²â [dee, -vee-, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], »å±ðv¾±Â·²¹î€…t¾±±¹±ð adjective
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôd±ð·±¹¾±Â·²¹î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of deviation1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin »åŧ±¹¾±Äå³Ù¾±Å²Ô-, stem of »åŧ±¹¾±Äå³Ù¾±Å; equivalent to deviate + -ion
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Maybe Kilmer strayed from that rigid path too often for some people’s liking, but his deviations from the expected also made hundreds more fall head over heels for his work.

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That effort is a deviation from the “housing first†strategy championed by progressive Democrats, which endorses creation of permanent affordable housing with supportive services attached as the most effective way to end homelessness.

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In a separate leaked report seen by the BBC from the same year, it was pointed out that laboratory results were "regularly reported with deviations".

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It cites part of a 2018 appropriations act that prohibits the NIH from making unilateral “deviations from negotiated rates†in its overhead funding to institutions.

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Because even behavioral economics sometimes sees it as rational and scientific, and any deviation from it needs to be explained as some weird paradox.

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