About The Word Variance
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Variance
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What's The Definition Of Variance?
[n] an activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any variation in his routine was immediately reported"
[n] a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion" [n] the quality of being subject to variation [n] the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value [n] discord that splits a group [n] an event that departs from expectations Synonyms | Synonyms for Variance: disagreement | discrepancy | discrepancy | divergence | division | variability | variableness | variant | variation Related Terms | Find terms related to Variance: See Also | activity | allowance | changeability | changeableness | covariance | departure | deviation | difference | difference | discord | dissension | divergence | leeway | margin | moment | standard deviation | tolerance | variedness | variegation Variance In Webster's Dictionary \Va"ri*ance\, n. [L. variantia.]
1. The quality or state of being variant; change of
condition; variation.
2. Difference that produce dispute or controversy;
disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel.
That which is the strength of their amity shall
prove the immediate author of their variance.
--Shak.
3. (Law) A disagreement or difference between two parts of
the same legal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought
to agree, -- as between the writ and the declaration, or
between the allegation and the proof. --Bouvier.
{A variance}, in disagreement; in a state of dissension or
controversy; at enmity. ``What cause brought him so soon
at variance with himself?'' --Milton.
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