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deviation
[ dee-vee-ey-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of deviating.
- departure from a standard or norm.
- Statistics. the difference between one of a set of values and some fixed value, usually the mean of the set.
- 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 ).
- Optics.
- Also called deflection. the bending of rays of light away from a straight line.
- departure or divergence from an established dogma or ideology, especially a Communist one.
deviation
/ ËŒ»å¾±Ë±¹ÉªËˆ±ðɪʃə²Ô /
noun
- an act or result of deviating
- statistics the difference between an observed value in a series of such values and their arithmetic mean
- the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances
deviation
/ »åŧ′vŧ-Äå′²õ³óÉ™²Ô /
- The difference between one number in a set and the mean of the set.
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
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of deviation1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
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".
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.
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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