deviation
See also: déviation
English
Etymology
From Middle French deviation, from Medieval Latin deviatio
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /diviˈeɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
deviation (countable and uncountable, plural deviations)
- The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road
- A departure from the correct way of acting
- The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
- (contract law) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.
- (Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
- (statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
- (metrology) The signed difference between a value and its reference value.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- absolute deviation
- average deviation
- deviation ratio
- immune deviation
- mean deviation
- quartile deviation
- relative deviation
- sexual deviation
- signed deviation
- standard deviation
Translations
act of deviating
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state or result of having deviated
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voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured
shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts
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statistical deviation
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Danish
Noun
deviation c (singular definite deviationen, plural indefinite deviationer)
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Declension
Declension of deviation
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | deviation | deviationen | deviationer | deviationerne |
genitive | deviations | deviationens | deviationers | deviationernes |
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