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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.

angle of deviation.

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departure or divergence from an established dogma or ideology, especially a Communist one.

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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Medieval Latin dēviātiōn- (stem of dēviātiō), equivalent to Late Latin dēviāt(us) (see deviate) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms

de·vi·a·to·ry

[dee-vee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , de·vi·a·tive, adjective

non·de·vi·a·tion, noun

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Example Sentences

And he found only between one-quarter and one-half of a standard deviation in male and female hearing thresholds.

Second, it is also possible to transform the data, depending on the deviation.

Smaller population sizes, of course, increase the standard deviation of the averages distribution.

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And he found only between one-quarter and one-half of a standard deviation in male and female hearing thresholds.

Second, it is also possible to transform the data, depending on the deviation.

Smaller population sizes, of course, increase the standard deviation of the averages distribution.

The deviation in distance of luminosity vs redshift is exactly what you should expect from an expanding universe.

The main arguments it takes are the average and the standard deviation of the distribution you want.

Gubin invented a simplified airborne course deviation indicator and was the co-inventor of.

Any subsequent deviation from this profile is then regarded as an attack.

In religion there is scripture and that's all, any deviation is heresy no matter how much evidence.

It does so without complaints, questions or erroneous deviation from the text.

The summer deviation below trend has become a late-year deviation above trend.

But there were howls of protest from fans who objected to any deviation from the novels.

Obviously, a government inevitably creates a deviation from this stable state.

Each small deviation from the plan ripples through the rest of the spreadsheet.

But soon, it will start to fill up with blue tubes whose deviation from straightness is imperceptible to the naked eye.

Deviation within a species is a good thing up to an extent.

Indeed, they regard tribal custom as a deviation from sharia law.

In fact, these writers seem to have two distinct kinds of intellectual deviation in view, the second more serious than the first.

Another way to quantify the spread between teams is to calculate the standard deviation of team winning percentage.

Baard said that the tortoise might be the product of a genetic deviation during the development stage of the embryo.

Every study does not necessarily have bias,also bias has nothing to do with standard deviation or p value.

But you never mixed meat and fish, a modern deviation for the guiris, a tongue-in-cheek name for a.

There are so many conversions taking place in the brewing processes that any deviation can alter your beer.

Second, if you find the standard deviation by other means.

Nor is there any deviation from the familiar in the performances of the two principals.

Rather than being an embarrasment due to deviation from protocol.

Their slight deviation from spherical symmetry becomes significant at the extreme proximity of the approaching spacecraft.

Technicians fixed the deviation by putting the car on a straightening bench and realigning it with a frame gauge.

In its usual form it was recounted by those who had been imprisoned for their deviation from rigid religious orthodoxy.

I've had a million students from there who couldn't figure out what a standard deviation was.

If the glider deviates from the path, nearby cameras notice the deviation and corrections are made.

Her approach exposed every slight deviation of pitch.

There are a few districts that has an absolute set curriculum where the facilitator reads the curriculum with no deviation.

How could there be given an intellectually sterile environment where any deviation from the norm is considered heresy.

Treat cybersecurity as component of a broad national defense strategy, rather than a techie-driven deviation from.

One deviation from tradition is the pupusas, thick tortillas with varied fillings.

The standard deviation can be lowered and the average will stay the same.

The question ishow much deviation has been caused by human activity.

But the opera featured one major deviation from the form.

China's deviation from this concept determines whether it can be considered a modern nation at all.

If you look at the main table in the new study you'll see the figures plus the standard deviation range.

The deviation in time is too big to be caused by variability in gravitational field.

Probably the deviation of governement funds to avoid bankrupcy used to pay their salaries and bonus.

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World English Dictionary

deviation (ˌdiːvɪˈeɪʃən)

—n
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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Etymonline

Word Origin & History

deviation

1640s, noun of action from L. deviare (see deviant). Statistical sense is from 1858.

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Medical Dictionary

deviation de·vi·a·tion (dē'vē-ā'shən)
n.

A turning away or aside from a normal course.
An abnormality.
Deviant behavior or attitudes.
The difference, especially the absolute difference, between one number in a set and the mean of the set.

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Science Dictionary

deviation

(dē'vē-ā'shən) Pronunciation Key
The difference between one number in a set and the mean of the set.

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"Those who talk about individuality the most are the ones who most object to deviation, and in a few years it may be the other way around. Some day everybody will just think what they want to think, and then everybody will probably be thinking alike; that seems to be what is happening."

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