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Deviation Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Deviation? [n] a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal" [n] deviate behavior [n] the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances [n] the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function [n] a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Deviation: deflection \| deflexion \| departure \| deviance \| difference \| digression \| divagation \| divergence \| diversion Related Terms \| Find terms related to Deviation: aberrance \| aberrancy \| aberration \| abnormality \| abnormity \| about-face \| accommodation \| adaptation \| adjustment \| allowance \| alteration \| ambages \| amelioration \| amorphism \| anamorphism \| anamorphosis \| anomalism \| anomalousness \| anomaly \| apostasy \| approximation \| asymmetry \| bend \| betterment \| blunder \| breach \| break \| 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abnormality \| discrepancy \| driftage \| erroneousness \| error \| flection \| flexion \| fluctuation \| inflection \| irregularity \| mean deviation \| mean deviation from the mean \| outlier \| red herring \| statistic \| turn \| turning \| variance \| variant \| variation Deviation In Webster's Dictionary \De`vi*a"tion\, n. [LL. deviatio: cf. F. d['e]viation.] 1. The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty. 2. The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense. 2. (Com.) 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. {Deviation of a falling body} (Physics), that deviation from a strictly vertical line of descent which occurs in a body falling freely, in consequence of the rotation of the earth. {Deviation of the compass}, the angle which the needle of a ship's compass makes with the magnetic meridian by reason of the magnetism of the iron parts of the ship. {Deviation of the line of the vertical}, the difference between the actual direction of a plumb line and the direction it would have if the earth were a perfect ellipsoid and homogeneous, -- caused by the attraction of a mountain, or irregularities in the earth's density.

Deviation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Deviation?

[n] a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal"
[n] deviate behavior
[n] the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances
[n] the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function
[n] a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean"

Deviation In Webster's Dictionary

\De`vi*a"tion\, n. [LL. deviatio: cf. F.
d['e]viation.]
1. The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation
   from the common way, from an established rule, etc.;
   departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.

2. The state or result of having deviated; a transgression;
   an act of sin; an error; an offense.



2. (Com.) 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.

{Deviation of a falling body} (Physics), that deviation from
   a strictly vertical line of descent which occurs in a body
   falling freely, in consequence of the rotation of the
   earth.

{Deviation of the compass}, the angle which the needle of a
   ship's compass makes with the magnetic meridian by reason
   of the magnetism of the iron parts of the ship.

{Deviation of the line of the vertical}, the difference
   between the actual direction of a plumb line and the
   direction it would have if the earth were a perfect
   ellipsoid and homogeneous, -- caused by the attraction of
   a mountain, or irregularities in the earth's density.

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